Thread: AW: AW: lztext and compression ratios...
> > LZO and the LZO algorithms and implementations are distributed under the > > terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) { auf Deutsch }. > > GPL is alone a fatal objection for something that has to go into the > guts of Postgres. Yes, but the author states that special projects can get a special license. > What assurances does LZO offer that we won't be stepping on a patent mine? There was a whole discussion on the author's website explaining what he did to guarantee the free use of the algorithms, but unfortunately I don't find it anymore. The author wants PGP encrypted mail which I don't have. Maybe he would have a comment for us "BSD License defending PostgreSQL'ers" if someone forwarded this to him. (http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/pgp.html) I can tell you from experience that the performance of these algorithms is really astonishing. Andreas