Re: LGPL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: LGPL
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Msg-id 42AF9055.1050000@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: LGPL  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian wrote:

>John Hansen wrote:
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>>What about GPL ?
>>I assume that's out of the question!
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>If we add some GPL code, the entire binary becomes GPL, and that
>prevents closed-source commercial versions from being produced.
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When I went searching for some code to make a directory path in initdb, 
I carefully avoided all the GPL versions, which is why I picked the code 
from NetBSD. Anyone taking code from elsewhere to use in PostgreSQL 
should a) acknowledge the source and b) be aware of this issue.

cheers

andrew




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