[lldb-dev] Command history line editing

[Ted Woodward via lldb-dev]

It's not just Apple that avoids GPL. Many LLVM users cannot use GPL. Adding GPL code to LLDB is a non-starter.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: lldb-dev [mailto:lldb-dev-bounces at lists.llvm.org] On Behalf Of Jan
> Kratochvil via lldb-dev
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2018 3:20 AM
> To: William Schmidt <t.william.schmidt at gmail.com>
> Cc: lldb-dev at lists.llvm.org
> Subject: Re: [lldb-dev] Command history line editing
> 
> On Sun, 04 Mar 2018 21:03:26 +0100, William Schmidt via lldb-dev wrote:
> > lldb deserves an editing mode functionally equivalent to what bash offers.
> > And since bash is open-source, it should just be a matter of grabbing
> > the bash source that implements command line editing and going from there.
> 
> It is because lldb uses libedit while bash (and gdb) use readline.
> 
> I guess it has licensing reasons as readline is GPL (not LGPL) and Apple seems to
> avoid GPL the family of licenses.  IANAL but I think an alternative linking with
> readline while keeping the libedit compatibility still in place would not taint
> LLDB by the GPL license.  And then OSes (such as Linux or for OSX is it
> Homebrew?) already using GPL software could link LLDB with readline.
> 
> 
> Jan
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