Re: GPL code in our CVS :-( - Mailing list pgadmin-hackers

From Dave Page
Subject Re: GPL code in our CVS :-(
Date
Msg-id 03AF4E498C591348A42FC93DEA9661B844B6E2@mail.vale-housing.co.uk
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Responses Re: GPL code in our CVS :-(  (Andreas Pflug <pgadmin@pse-consulting.de>)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Pflug [mailto:Andreas.Pflug@web.de]
> Sent: 30 September 2003 09:18
> To: Dave Page
> Subject: Re: GPL code in our CVS :-(
>
> Dave Page wrote:
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Andreas Pflug [mailto:Andreas.Pflug@web.de]
> >>Sent: 29 September 2003 23:51
> >>To: Dave Page
> >>Subject: Re: GPL code in our CVS :-(
> >>
> >>
> >>that's taken 1:1 from pgsql backend, it's generated by
> bison. The file
> >>
> >
> >>keywords.c needs it to compile. It supplies the official keyword
> >>
> >>
> >checking.
> >
> >The copyright says that the output file created by Bison *from* that
> >file may be used without restriction. That file itself is
> GPL according
> >to the header.
> >
> So PostgreSQL backend source restricted by this too.

Looks like it. What can we do about it?

Regards, Dave.

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