Re: [PATCHES] [0/4] Proposal of SE-PostgreSQL patches

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On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:41:42 +0900
KaiGai Kohei <kaigai(at)ak(dot)jp(dot)nec(dot)com> wrote:

> > GPL is a perfectly good license, but it's far from clear whether
> > code derived from it can be incorporated into PostgreSQL even if
> > you wrote all of it yourself. I just checked libselinux, and as
> > you say it includes a LICENSE file that states "This library
> > (libselinux) is public domain software, i.e. not copyrighted.".
> > That's good, but a similar independant review will need to happen
> > for every component you interact with here, on top of a technical
> > review. Luckily this is something a lot of people would like and
> > that should all get taken care of.
>
> SE-PostgreSQL internally uses libselinux, glibc and PostgreSQL
> internal APIs like SearchSysCache().
> I'm not a lawyer, but I believe they cannot enforce us to apply a
> specific lisence. So, I clearly say SE-PostgreSQL feature is licensed
> with the same one of PostgreSQL.
> No need to say, more conprehensive checks and reviews are welcome.

Hmmm,

Everything that I read says that libselinux is GPL. That could present
a problem for anyone that wants to use the BSD features of
PostgreSQL :).

I can check with SFLC if people are really curious.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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