Re: embedded postgres

It turns out that SQLite is exactly what I need.

Thanks!

Rick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruno Wolff III" <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
To: "Rick Gigger" <rick(at)alpinenetworking(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 7:15 AM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] embedded postgres

> On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 01:57:39 -0700,
> Rick Gigger <rick(at)alpinenetworking(dot)com> wrote:
> > Is there an embedded version of postgres that I could compile into a
desktop
> > app? I would just use embedded mysql but I don't want to GPL my code or
pay
> > them for a licence, plus all of the code was already built for postgres
> > server.
>
> You might want to look into this issue more carefully. If your application
just
> uses a gpl program you don't have to gpl your application since it is a
separate
> application. If you were actually making changes to the database AND
> distributing it then the changes would need to be gpl'd. Even then there
> might be a loophole for an embedded modified database server since you
> wouldn't necessarily be seen as distributing the binaries if the customers
> didn't have access to them.
>