Re: facultative linking and libraries. ...

[Sven LUTHER <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr>]

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 10:35:45AM -0400, Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 04:29:35PM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote:
> > 
> > The real problem is that it is a pain for the user to use a toplevel
> > interpreter without propper input history support. The authors couldn't care
> > less, and don't want (yet) to release the few files from the toplevel
> > interpreter uinder the gpl. But this again may change later, especially if
> > they loose some of the ideological fears they may have on the GPL.
> > 
> 
> Why not use libeditline instead? It's source-code compatible with the basic
> features of readline and has a BSD (sans ad clause) type license. 

Ok didn't know that.

Is it widely available ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther