Chris Travers <chris@travelamericas.com> wrote:
> My own opinion is this: The Debian crowd are often technical enough
> they can build whatever they want from source. Debian is a niche
> distribution and not something we should spend too much time worrying
> about whether our software can be indirectly linked with GPL apps on
> their site.
Debian a niche distribution? I'd hardly call the defacto standard
GNU Linux distribution a "niche"...
> BTW, does this also mean that no GNU Readline is available in the Debian
> versions of psql? Or am I missing something?
AFAIK psql doesn't have the BSD advertising clause (does it??)...
and that's the piece that's incompatible with the GPL.
Cheers,
Tyler