Re: The future of built-in geometric data types - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: The future of built-in geometric data types
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Msg-id 19110.1094132373@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: The future of built-in geometric data types  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
Responses Re: The future of built-in geometric data types  (Daniel Martini <dmartini@uni-hohenheim.de>)
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David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
> On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 11:52:05PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> David Garamond <lists@zara.6.isreserved.com> writes:
>>> I'm pretty clueless in regard to the PostGIS situation. Will it be
>>> integrated with PostgreSQL in the future?
>>
>> No.  Wrong license.

> If the license were changed to be BSD compatible, are there other
> barriers to adoption?

Not sure, but the question is moot.  We've already asked the PostGIS
guys to consider a license change, and they've declined.

            regards, tom lane

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