Ühel kenal päeval, R, 2006-05-19 kell 22:53, kirjutas Martijn van
Oosterhout:
> libreadline is not a problem because you can distribute postgresql
> compiled with readline and comply with all licences involved
> simultaneously.
oh? my impression was that we are clear, because libreadline is just one
of "readline" implementations we support.
> It doesn't work with openssl because the licence
> requires things that are incompatable with the GPL.
Still clients can compile/use libpq without OpenSSL and be on safe
ground.
> The openssl faq suggest that you can take advantage of the exception,
> which reads:
>
> However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not
> include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or
> binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on)
> of the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that
> component itself accompanies the executable.
>
> I don't buy that argument, and I'm not the only one. OpenSSL is an
> optional part of most Linuxes, so there's no way you can use that
> exception.
But on most linuxes optional parts ar also "normally distributed" :P
Even network drivers may be counted optional for pure linux (kernel)
experience, but are still normally distributed.
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