Re: Debian readline/libedit breakage

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com, Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Michael Banck <mbanck(at)debian(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Debian readline/libedit breakage
Date: 2011-02-17 16:24:46
Message-ID: 201102171624.p1HGOkR08682@momjian.us
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Stephen Frost wrote:
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> * Bruce Momjian (bruce(at)momjian(dot)us) wrote:
> > I just posted on this. The risk is to people using the packages --- the
> > packages themselves include the source as an option, so they are fine,
> > but everyone using those packages would also be required to distribute
> > source, which is a restriction we have avoided in the past.
>
> I think you may want to reread the GPL on this. They're not actually
> required to distribute source *with* the binaries (hell, Debian
> doesn't..) as long as they are willing to produce it if asked. And
> that's the source for the binaries which actually depend on the GPL'd
> code, eg, the community-built psql binary that you're talking about
> here.. They don't have to provide source for everything on the CD or
> something (again, Debian has a "non-free" section also..).

Yes, I understand very well the source does not have to be with the
binary. I am trying to avoid that non-BSD-licensed section in our
installers.

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