[IPython-dev] iPython binary wheels for OS-X

[Chris Barker]

On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 7:02 PM, Aaron Meurer <asmeurer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Too bad about the licensing of readline, but maybe it would actually be
> better if core python simple used an appropriately licenced library and
> bundles that -- i.e. libedit, though I guess it really isn't as good.
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> I had thought or was liberally licensed, but now I'm not so sure. PyPI
> lists it as both GPL and PSF. I guess we should ask the author.
>
> the readline lib itself is GPL -- in fact it's used an example by teh FSF
for why you should license things that way -- even libraries.

I suspect that readline itself is GPL. and the Python wrappers are PSF --
which makes the whole thing GPL once you actually use it....Which readline
itself is not in the python source tree, and why it's not on the Mac.

-Chris





> Aaron Meurer
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>> Maybe Python should just not build the builtin readline if all
>> it has available is libedit - has any OSX user had this discussion
>> with the core team?
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>> Paul
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