<br /><br />On Monday, August 1, 2011, David Fetter <<a href="mailto:david@fetter.org">david@fetter.org</a>>
wrote:<br/>> On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 07:17:00PM +0100, Dave Page wrote:<br />>> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 6:46
PM,David Fetter <<a href="mailto:david@fetter.org">david@fetter.org</a>> wrote:<br /> >> > On Sat, Jul
30,2011 at 08:32:03PM +0100, Dave Page wrote:<br />>> >> On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 8:25 PM, Tom Lane <<a
href="mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us">tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us</a>>wrote:<br />>> >> > I think you had better plan
onincorporating GNU readline into<br /> >> >> > installer builds for Lion.<br />>> >><br
/>>>>> Unfortunately the licence makes that a non-starter.<br />>> ><br />>> > What is it
abouta GPLed psql client that is a non-starter for the<br /> >> > installer? I'm not a fan of the GPL, but in
thiscase, the<br />>> > effects of linking it in are quite limited in scope, i.e. they<br />>> >
pertainto exactly one binary.<br />>><br /> >> The scope or number of files is irrelevant. Having just a
single<br/>>> GPL'd file in those installers makes it impossible for ISVs to<br />>> bundle them with their
products,unless they open source them under<br /> >> a GPL compatible licence.<br />><br />> I know of no
one,not even the wackiest AGPL loony-tune, who claims<br />> that the GPL is infectious to the degree you're
describing. Are you<br />> *sure* the reason you state is the actual reason?<br /><br />Well, lets find out. Try
shippinga closed-source product which includes the GPL MySQL ODBC driver, and see how long you can hold out against
Oracle'sattack lawyers.<br /><br />Preventing open source code being used in closed source products is the whole point
ofthe GPL.<br /><br />-- <br />Dave Page<br />Blog: <a href="http://pgsnake.blogspot.com"
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