Re: Patch for collation using ICU

Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Not until ICU is released under a BSD license ...

> Well, readline isn't BSD either, but we use it. It is any different?

Did you read the license? Some of the more troubling bits:

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(er, which attached request would that be?)

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regards, tom lane