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

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
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 20:38:29
Message-ID: 446E2CC5.5040503@dunslane.net
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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.

cheers

andrew

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