On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 6:46 PM, David Fetter <da...@fetter.org> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 08:32:03PM +0100, Dave Page wrote: >> On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 8:25 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> > I think you had better plan on incorporating GNU readline into >> > installer builds for Lion. >> >> Unfortunately the licence makes that a non-starter. > > What is it about a GPLed psql client that is a non-starter for the > installer? I'm not a fan of the GPL, but in this case, the effects of > linking it in are quite limited in scope, i.e. they pertain to exactly > one binary.
The scope or number of files is irrelevant. Having just a single GPL'd file in those installers makes it impossible for ISVs to bundle them with their products, unless they open source them under a GPL compatible licence. -- Dave Page Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com Twitter: @pgsnake EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
