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Re: Generic Linux / clib question

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On Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 08:45:32AM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > > The readline library is released under the full GPL, not the LGPL.  If
> > > you dynamically link it with a program, then you can only release that
> > > program under terms compatible with the GPL.  This is an intentional
> > > choice.
> 
> tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > Practically it doesn't change much, but for some lawyer at Intel it might.
> 
> A substantial problem can be that libreadline became "GPLv3 or later" a
> few years ago and that GPLv3 is not compatible with GPLv2-only (i.e. not
> "or later"). The main reason is in the patent-fighting restrictions in
> GPLv3, which would be forbidden extra restrictions under GPLv2.

Yep, thanks for pointing that out. The "main" program would then have to
be GPLv3 compatible. There's no perfect world, sigh.

Cheers
-- 
t

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Re: Generic Linux / clib question Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-02-09 23:40 +0100
  Re: Generic Linux / clib question Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-02-10 00:40 +0100
    Re: Generic Linux / clib question <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-02-10 07:20 +0100
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