Re: PostgreSQL, LGPL and GPL.

From: "Karen Hill" <karen_hill22(at)yahoo(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL, LGPL and GPL.
Date: 2006-10-20 19:43:36
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John Hasler wrote:

> > Npgsql is LGPL. It means you must release the source of Npgsql when
> > distributing it, and if you modify Npgsql, but not have to release the
> > source under the (L)GPL of the software that calls Npgsql functions?
>
> Pretty much, but you must provide your software in a form that can be
> relinked.
>

What does that mean? In .NET, you add a reference to the Npgsql dll,
and then add "Using Npgsql;" to the top of the class you want to use
Npgsql in. So if you wrote something like this it would have to go
under the LGPL?:

Using Npgsql;
namespace foo{
class foobar
{
foobar()
{
String connectionString = "";
NpgsqlConnection conn = new NpgsqlConnection(connectionString);
}

}

}

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