Hello Yitzchak, Thursday, January 10, 2008, 1:06:12 PM, you wrote:
"Readline is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2.
in short, that means that software compiled with this compiler AND distributed to general audience, should have GPL-compatible license (i.e. GPL or BSD-like) (as far as i understand GPL/LGPL terms)
Any software compiled with this compiler, or only software that uses System.Console.Readline?
any software that links with readline.a or gmp.a. which actually means every program because even if you don't use GMP, it's probably still linked in
Isn't this the same on all platforms? If what you are saying is correct, then isn't it required for any program compiled with any readline-enabled GHC to have a GPL-compatible license? I don't think that's right, but IANAL.
GPL license means that any program that uses readline functionality should be *distributed* on GPL-compatible license. are you ever hear how GPL infects computer programs? :) you may also use it for in-house development, without distribution for me, GMP is much more problematic issue. strictly speaking, we can't say that GHC is BSD-licensed because it includes LGPL-licensed code (and that much worse, it includes this code in run-time libs) -- Best regards, Bulat mailto:Bulat.Ziganshin@gmail.com