Re: User locks code
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Trond Eivind Glomsrød <teg@redhat.com>
Cc: Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, "Mikheev, Vadim" <vmikheev@SECTORBASE.COM>, Massimo Dal Zotto <dz@cs.unitn.it>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2001-08-24T16:03:34Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes: > > > > Tom Lane wrote: > > > > > > > > I definitely agree with Vadim here: it's fairly silly that the > > > > contrib userlock code is GPL'd, when it consists only of a few dozen > > > > lines of wrapper for the real functionality that's in the main backend. > > > > > > > I was incorrect in something I said to Vadim. I said stored procedures > > would have to be released if linked against a GPL'ed backend. > > Only to those you actually distribute this product to. If you're using > it internally, you have no obligations to release it to anyone, to > give one example. Yes, I was speaking only of selling the software. Good point. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026