Re: [RFC][PATCH]: CRC32 is limiting at COPY/CTAS/INSERT ... SELECT + speeding it up

On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 5:05 AM, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote:
> This thread died after me not implementing a new version and some potential
> license problems.
>
> I still think its worthwile (and I used it in production for some time) so I
> would like to implement a version fit for the next commitfest.
>
> The code where I started out from is under the zlib license - which is to my
> knowledge compatible with PGs licence. Whats the position of HACKERS there?
> There already is some separately licenced code around and were already linking
> to zlib licenced code...
>
> For simplicitly I asked Mark Adler (the original Copyright Owner) if he would
> be willing to relicence - he is not.
>
> For anybody not hording all old mail like me here is a link to the archives
> about my old patch:
>
> http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/201005202227.49990.andres@anarazel.de

IANAL, but the license doesn't appear incompatible to me.

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