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> > Ditto for FB. If you want to extend the code, though, you have to give > > those changes back to the community - the licence is more GPL than BSD. > maybe you need to clarify what you think of when you say "extensible". > postgresql has sql extensions like "create type"; extensibility is possible > w/o going into the source code. it sounds like you're talking about making > changes to the firebird code base here. I took the "extensible" bit from the URL that I posted http://advocacy.postgresql.org/advantages/http://advocacy.postgresql.org /advantages/ ------------------ Extensible The source code is available to all at no charge. If your staff have a need to customise or extend PostgreSQL in any way then they are able to do so with a minimum of effort, and with no attached costs. This is complemented by the community of PostgreSQL professionals and enthusiasts around the globe that also actively extend PostgreSQL on a daily basis. ------------------ This seemed to me to be basically a touting of the virtues of PostgreSQL being Open Source, which Firebird is also, but in a different way. FB has the "CREATE DOMAIN url VARCHAR(100)" for example. Paul... > richard -- plinehan x__AT__x yahoo x__DOT__x com C++ Builder 5 SP1, Interbase 6.0.1.6 IBX 5.04 W2K Pro Please do not top-post. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
