From: | Paul Ganainm <paulsnewsgroups(at)hotmail(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Firebird and PostgreSQL at the DB Corral. |
Date: | 2003-12-17 11:02:32 |
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rwelty(at)averillpark(dot)net says...
> > Ditto for FB. If you want to extend the code, though, you have to give
> > those changes back to the community - the licence is more GPL than BSD.
> maybe you need to clarify what you think of when you say "extensible".
> postgresql has sql extensions like "create type"; extensibility is possible
> w/o going into the source code. it sounds like you're talking about making
> changes to the firebird code base here.
I took the "extensible" bit from the URL that I posted
http://advocacy.postgresql.org/advantages/http://advocacy.postgresql.org
/advantages/
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Extensible
The source code is available to all at no charge. If your staff have a
need to customise or extend PostgreSQL in any way then they are able to
do so with a minimum of effort, and with no attached costs. This is
complemented by the community of PostgreSQL professionals and
enthusiasts around the globe that also actively extend PostgreSQL on a
daily basis.
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This seemed to me to be basically a touting of the virtues of PostgreSQL
being Open Source, which Firebird is also, but in a different way.
FB has the "CREATE DOMAIN url VARCHAR(100)" for example.
Paul...
> richard
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