readline not activated by default

[Klaus Schilling]

Simon Weijgers writes:
 
 > Just out of curiosity, why is readline not activated by default? I had to
 > add:
 > 
 > (use-modules (ice-9 readline))
 > (activate-readline)
 > 
 > at the end of boot-9.scm to get a readline enabled guile. Admittedly not a
 > very big deal, but it seems to me that the majority of users are benefited
 > with readline support. Then why not activate it by default?

It would cause license conflicts.

Klaus Schilling