On Wednesday 18 January 2006 16:25, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > Unless rms has changed his position on this, or there has been > relevant legislation or a court decision in the meantime, > explicitly requiring or checking for "real" libreadline, even as a > user option, risks rms's wrath. (Of course, Python could change > its license to GPL, which would undoubtedly flood Cambridge with > tears of joy<wink>).
Python's license is GPL-compatible, so this isn't an issue. > As long as the link to fake libreadline succeeds and the resulting > program works identically to one linked to real libreadline, he has > no complaint. My "complaint" is that libedit _calls_ itself libreadline, when it's pretty clear that it's not actually a drop-in replacement (or the readline module would build). Hence my use of the word "crackful" <wink> Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
