Re: GNU readline and BSD license - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Fabrice Scemama
Subject Re: GNU readline and BSD license
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Msg-id 3A44DC41.27D53709@scemama.org
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In response to GNU readline and BSD license  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> Rasmus Lerdorf, the big PHP developer, told me that the existance of GNU
> readline hooks in our source tree could cause RMS/GNU to force us to a
> GNU license.
> 
> Obviously, we could remove readline hooks and ship a BSD line editing
> library, but does this make any sense to you?  It doesn't make sense to
> me, but he was quite certain.
> 

The sole psql program could be GNU-licenced...
just my 2p.

Fabrice


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