| From: | Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org> |
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| To: | "Dann Corbit" <DCorbit(at)connx(dot)com>, "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
| Cc: | "mlw" <pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com>, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: contrib and licensing |
| Date: | 2003-04-03 01:56:54 |
| Message-ID: | 200304022056.54694.lamar.owen@wgcr.org |
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On Wednesday 02 April 2003 18:11, Dann Corbit wrote:
[snip]
> > True. But not linking to LGPLd libs would be a bit extreme there.
> I disagree. Because of the language in the LGPL:
> http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.txt
>
> I would not use LGPL tools in any finished commercial project. For me,
> if PostgreSQL linked against LGPL libraries, it would kill its
> usefulness for me completely.
> "However, linking a "work that uses the Library" with the Library
> creates an executable that is a derivative of the Library (because it
> contains portions of the Library), rather than a "work that uses the
> library". The executable is therefore covered by this License.
> Section 6 states terms for distribution of such executables."
<stifles ROTFL>
Everyone does realize that on Linux PostgreSQL binaries link against glibc,
which is LGPL......
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Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
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