Re: [Chicken-users] GNU readline egg

[Joerg F. Wittenberger]

> >> I've added Tony Garnock-Jones GNU readline interface
> >> to the eggs collection:
> >
> > Thanks for doing this!
> >
> >> http://www.call-with-current-continuation.org/eggs/readline.html

Just for info, since I learned to know about

http://utopia.knoware.nl/~hlub/uck/rlwrap

I personaly prefer it over linking to readline.  YMMV.

> (actually, *must* code that links to GPLd libraries be GPLd
> as well? Anyway, GPL is of course fine)

Yes, that's a GPL requirement.

However my 0,02 cent: The linking requirement itself is really
outdated, especially when you consider how in memory compilation could
nullify the practical effect.

At the other hand, the spirit behind clearly is: no none-GPL software
may ever depend on GPLed components.  Hence the resulting programm
shall be GPL, if any _required_ component is GPL.

/Jörg

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