Re: LGPL

So, what's the story with readline?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 12:11 PM
> To: John Hansen
> Cc: Marc G. Fournier; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] LGPL
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> John Hansen wrote:
> > What about GPL ?
> > I assume that's out of the question!
>
> 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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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Marc G. Fournier [mailto:scrappy@postgresql.org]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 11:59 AM
> > > To: John Hansen
> > > Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
> > > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] LGPL
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> > > We already do ... libreadline ...
> > >
> > > On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, John Hansen wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is there any reason why we would not be able to use
> LGPL code in PG?
> > > >
> > > > ... John
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