Re: [OT] MySQL is bad, but THIS bad?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Rod Taylor <pg(at)rbt(dot)ca>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, Mark Woodward <pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com>, "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>, John DeSoi <desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [OT] MySQL is bad, but THIS bad?
Date: 2006-05-19 20:41:20
Message-ID: 200605192041.k4JKfKC04976@candle.pha.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Rod Taylor wrote:
> >
> >> Exceptions exist in the GPL for libraries and tools included in the
> >> operating system and this is enough in most cases. GPL applications on
> >> Windows may have problems.
> >>
> >
> > What exception, exactly? Does an exception apply to libreadline,
> > because list I looked, it didn't.
> >
> >
>
> Yes, the exeption applies to libreadline, which is why we can deliver
> psql with libreadline linked on Linux, for example. But we can't on
> Windows or Solaris.

OK, where do you see this exception? I have not.

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