| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Rod Taylor <pg(at)rbt(dot)ca>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, 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 23:04:47 |
| Message-ID: | 200605192304.k4JN4ls26069@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
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> On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 04:41:20PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > 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.
>
> The exception is not relevent in this case. The exception is to allow
> GPL applications to work on non-free operating systems. Obviously a
> GPL'd application on Windows can never supply the source to the Win32
> libraries.
>
> libreadline is not a problem because you can distribute postgresql
> compiled with readline and comply with all licences involved
> simultaneously. It doesn't work with openssl because the licence
> requires things that are incompatable with the GPL.
My question is whether psql using libreadline.so has to be GPL, meaning
the psql source has to be included in a binary distribution.
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