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> this touches the theme to wich extent do we want to invest 
> improving readline support while staying with no default GPL 
> linking. Needs discussion. 
 
The java-readline project works with several readline-style libraries, 
including the BSD-licensed libedit.  Indeed the jython packages I make 
for debian use libedit and _not_ libreadline, precisely because of the 
GPL issue.  This patch is certainly not exclusive to the GPLed 
libreadline. 
 
At any rate, given that you ship ReadlineConsole it's not clear to me 
why you'd prefer not to include the patch.  It fixes a serious usability 
issue, and it's not as though you need to make a serious investment. 
The patch is ready and well tested, and has been for some time. 
 
Ben.