| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Trond Eivind Glomsrød <teg(at)redhat(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Mikheev, Vadim" <vmikheev(at)SECTORBASE(dot)COM>, Massimo Dal Zotto <dz(at)cs(dot)unitn(dot)it>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: User locks code |
| Date: | 2001-08-24 16:03:34 |
| Message-ID: | 200108241603.f7OG3Y004035@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>
> > > Tom Lane wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I definitely agree with Vadim here: it's fairly silly that the
> > > > contrib userlock code is GPL'd, when it consists only of a few dozen
> > > > lines of wrapper for the real functionality that's in the main backend.
> > >
> >
> > I was incorrect in something I said to Vadim. I said stored procedures
> > would have to be released if linked against a GPL'ed backend.
>
> Only to those you actually distribute this product to. If you're using
> it internally, you have no obligations to release it to anyone, to
> give one example.
Yes, I was speaking only of selling the software. Good point.
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