Re: Debian readline/libedit breakage - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Stephen Frost
Subject Re: Debian readline/libedit breakage
Date
Msg-id 20110217154203.GX4116@tamriel.snowman.net
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In response to Re: Debian readline/libedit breakage  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: Debian readline/libedit breakage  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Re: Debian readline/libedit breakage  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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* Bruce Momjian (bruce@momjian.us) wrote:
> I just posted on this.  The risk is to people using the packages --- the
> packages themselves include the source as an option, so they are fine,
> but everyone using those packages would also be required to distribute
> source, which is a restriction we have avoided in the past.

I think you may want to reread the GPL on this.  They're not actually
required to distribute source *with* the binaries (hell, Debian
doesn't..) as long as they are willing to produce it if asked.  And
that's the source for the binaries which actually depend on the GPL'd
code, eg, the community-built psql binary that you're talking about
here..  They don't have to provide source for everything on the CD or
something (again, Debian has a "non-free" section also..).
Thanks,
    Stephen

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