Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote: > "John Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Is there any reason why we would not be able to use LGPL code in PG? > > Another point of view on this: it's OK to use LGPL code if > it's available on the local platform, so long as we don't > *require* it to be present. It's even safer if the LGPL code > is merely one implementation of an API that has other > implementations under different licenses. > For instance I have no fear at all of linking to glibc, and > little of linking to libreadline (the latter because we can > also use the BSD libedit). > > If we could not build without libreadline then we would have > a very big problem. And we certainly aren't going to > textually incorporate any new LGPL (or GPL) code into our > distribution.
Right,... Let me be more specific then,.... What are your thoughts on using the glib (http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.2/glib/index.html) library for some functionality in pg? Additionally,. I came across this fine library (http://home.gna.org/uri/uri.en.html) which I'd like to use as a base for a new URI type, unfortunately it's GPL, so based on the above I'm guessing using it as is, is out of the question? > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
