On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Spencer Behling <gnil...@gmail.com> wrote: > My question is about the license for v8 or maybe just a part of it > specifically d8 that links to gnu readline. According to this page > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Readline#Choice_of_the_GPL_as_GNU_Readline.27s_license > it seems like linking an application with readline means that the GPL > licence comes with it. Is this true?
In theory, yes. I don't think it's ever been tested in court. I don't think it matters for d8 because the binary isn't distributed but IANAL, of course. > The reason that this came up for me in the first place was that I was > looking for a C++ readline alternative with a more permissive license and I > had recently played with d8 and wondered what was used there since the > licence was BSD. libedit[1]? It's BSD licensed and API-compatible with libreadline. [1] http://thrysoee.dk/editline/ -- -- v8-users mailing list v8-users@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "v8-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to v8-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
