Sven LUTHER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This causes no problem, because the QPL is not incompatible with the LGPL, > but it is with the GPL. So there is no possibility to link it with > libreadline, isn't it ?
You are correct: such a combination is not allowed if the licenses are incompatible. > As i see it, every user could then build from source the package with > libreadline support, and use it for himself, but not redistribute it. Any > distribution of the package would have to be with libreadline support > disabled, or else be in source only format (making it non-free). Who does the linking is irrelevant. There is no work-around; that's the point. > Any insight on this that i could forward to the upstream authors to request > such a feature or not ? Ask them to release the software under a license compatible with the GPL.
