Re: LGPL

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: John Hansen <john(at)geeknet(dot)com(dot)au>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: LGPL
Date: 2005-06-15 02:14:42
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Er, no. It's GPL, not LGPL software. My readline.h says:

The GNU Readline Library is free software; you can redistribute it
and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or
(at your option) any later version.

see this ancient thread:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2000-12/msg01029.php

cheers

andrew

Marc G. Fournier wrote:

>
> We already do ... libreadline ...
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> On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, John Hansen wrote:
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>> Is there any reason why we would not be able to use LGPL code in PG?
>>
>> ... John
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