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

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

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From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Cc: Rod Taylor <pg@rbt.ca>, "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>, Mark Woodward <pgsql@mohawksoft.com>, "Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com>, John DeSoi <desoi@pgedit.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2006-05-19T20:41:20Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> 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.

OK, where do you see this exception?  I have not.

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