Re: License Stuff

["Peter C. Norton" <spacey lenin nu>]

On Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 04:42:27PM -0200, Margus Väli wrote:
> 
> > However, when a library provides a significant unique capability, like
> > GNU Readline, that's a horse of a different color. The Readline library
> > implements input editing and history for interactive
> > programs, and that's a facility not generally available elsewhere.
> > Releasing it under the GPL and limiting its use to free programs gives
> > our community a real boost. At least one application
> > program is free software today specifically because that was necessary
> > for using Readline. 
> > </snip>

There's the work from openlink, for starters.

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