Re: contrib/postgis spatial extensions

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Paul Ramsey <pramsey(at)refractions(dot)net>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: contrib/postgis spatial extensions
Date: 2001-08-10 03:47:09
Message-ID: 10718.997415229@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Let me suggest a solution. What if we took the part of the GIS code
> that duplicated our existing code (geometric types) and replaced what we
> had in the core distribution with the GIS version.

This is a complete nonstarter unless the GIS guys are willing to accept
BSD licensing of that part of their code; which I doubt given Paul's
prior comments.

regards, tom lane

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