Re: readline to gnuplot.exe (console mode) for windows

[Ethan M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Sunday 21 February 2010, Tait wrote:
> 
> No complaint if you want to do this privately, but for distribution, are
> we allowed to link against readline?

Good point.  I had momentarily forgotten that the windows version would
be provided as a binary image rather than as source.

> Gnuplot is not GPL-licensed (and
> personally I prefer it that way), and as I just became aware the other
> day, it's apparently the FSF's position that linking against readline is
> NOT allowed from non-GPLv3 applications.

I happen to disagree with them about that. I do not believe that linking
to an optional external dynamic library by itself creates a derived work,
hence the GPL restrictions are not relevant.  But it's a fight we don't
need to pick, so let's not. 

	Ethan

> Tait
> 
> > ...I have tried link with libreadline in building
> > gnuplot for windows.
>