Re: contrib/pg_filedump - PostgreSQL File Dump Utility

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Patrick Macdonald <patrickm(at)redhat(dot)com>, <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, <darcy(at)druid(dot)net>
Subject: Re: contrib/pg_filedump - PostgreSQL File Dump Utility
Date: 2002-02-06 23:34:35
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.30.0202061832020.682-100000@peter.localdomain
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Tom Lane writes:

> I do have concerns about including these six contrib modules in our
> distribution, however. It could be argued that the terms of the GPL
> forbid that.

That is one thing. Another concern is that it confuses the general
public. People have certain expectations when it comes to PostgreSQL
code, and if every little subdirectory has its own license it just becomes
annoying.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net

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