| From: | Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> |
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| To: | Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL, LGPL and GPL. |
| Date: | 2006-10-20 20:41:58 |
| Message-ID: | 20061020204158.GD31471@svana.org |
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On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 03:35:34PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> Exactly. The "Linus View" is that dynamic linking and "socket
> conversations" are *not* linking in the GPL2 meaning, but the FSF &
> RMS think differently. The GPL3 seems to codify that strictness.
Dynamic linking may be an issue, but talking over a socket doesn't
create any kind of dependancy at all. I don't think anyone has ever
tried to claim that talking to a GPL server requires your code to be
GPL also. The existing counterexamples alone...
Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.
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