"Darrin Rothe" <rothe@asu.edu> writes:
> We have recently developed an interface to PostgreSQL for Matlab.
> ...
> We would like to make this interface freely available, and would like to
> know how much interest there would be in the interface. Also, would it be
> worthwhile to package and make available with PostgreSQL.
Sounds pretty cool to me!
As for distribution, you could either stick it up on a website of your
own, or submit it for inclusion in the Postgres distribution. There
are two possible levels of inclusion in the distro: as a contrib package
or as a main-tree interface subdirectory. The difference is that contrib
packages are never built by default, and so armed core members are not
going to show up on your doorstep if the thing doesn't build on some
random platform ;-). If you want to go for main-tree status, you had
better be prepared to answer the bell when there's a problem. A possible
compromise is contrib now with hopes of being integrated into the main
tree after a shakedown period.
Also, we'd really like straight BSD license for anything included in
the distribution, whereas if you distribute it separately you can use
GPL or whatever you like.
This project seems worthwhile enough to me that you should let it out
on some terms. Your choice what license terms to use and how much
support commitment you want to make. Let us know.
regards, tom lane
