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

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

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From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
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: 2006-05-19T20:38:29Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
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