Re: GNU readline and BSD license

From: Alfred Perlstein <bright(at)wintelcom(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: GNU readline and BSD license
Date: 2000-12-30 00:41:14
Message-ID: 20001229164113.E19572@fw.wintelcom.net
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* Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> [001229 16:38] wrote:
> The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> writes:
> > Actually, IMHO, the pro to moving to libedit is that we could include it
> > as part of the distribution and make history a *standard* feature
>
> How big is libedit? If it's tiny, that might be a good argument ...
> but I don't want to see us bulking up our distro with something that
> people could and should get directly from its source.

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