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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: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, Rod Taylor <pg@rbt.ca>, "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>, Mark Woodward <pgsql@mohawksoft.com>, "Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com>, John DeSoi <desoi@pgedit.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2006-05-19T23:04:47Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
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> On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 04:41:20PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > 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.
> 
> The exception is not relevent in this case. The exception is to allow
> GPL applications to work on non-free operating systems. Obviously a
> GPL'd application on Windows can never supply the source to the Win32
> libraries.
> 
> libreadline is not a problem because you can distribute postgresql
> compiled with readline and comply with all licences involved
> simultaneously. It doesn't work with openssl because the licence
> requires things that are incompatable with the GPL.

My question is whether psql using libreadline.so has to be GPL, meaning
the psql source has to be included in a binary distribution.

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