Re: LGPL

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, John Hansen <john(at)geeknet(dot)com(dot)au>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: LGPL
Date: 2005-06-17 18:05:10
Message-ID: 42B310D6.2040101@commandprompt.com
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>
> With libreadline, we are not taking their code or distributing it, but
> merely linking to it if it exists.

But we are also requiring it. The rpms won't install unless readline is
available.

Now, some say that is enough to make
> us GPL, but many don't agree with that interpretation.
>

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  • Re: LGPL at 2005-06-15 02:21:51 from Bruce Momjian

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  • Re: LGPL at 2005-06-17 18:20:14 from Marc G. Fournier
  • Re: LGPL at 2005-06-17 19:00:40 from Andrew Dunstan
  • Re: LGPL at 2005-06-18 05:26:16 from Tom Lane

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