Re: GPL, readline, and static/dynamic linking - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

> > This was discussed extensively earlier. Linking dynamically or
> > statically doesn't make a difference in the case of a library, but as
> > long as readline is an optional feature for the user it's not a
> > problem. 
> 
> I agree with Trond on this. It's like the problem that PHP had with bc until it
> got LGPLed. All they did was say you could compile PHP with it, but you had to
> downloaded by ourself.

Yes, we don't distribute libreadline.  We just check in 'configure' for
it.

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