Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: -- Start of PGP signed section. > On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 04:41:20PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Yes, the exeption applies to libreadline, which is why we can deliver > > > psql with libreadline linked on Linux, for example. But we can't on > > > Windows or Solaris. > > > > OK, where do you see this exception? I have not. > > The exception is not relevent in this case. The exception is to allow > GPL applications to work on non-free operating systems. Obviously a > GPL'd application on Windows can never supply the source to the Win32 > libraries. > > libreadline is not a problem because you can distribute postgresql > compiled with readline and comply with all licences involved > simultaneously. It doesn't work with openssl because the licence > requires things that are incompatable with the GPL.
My question is whether psql using libreadline.so has to be GPL, meaning the psql source has to be included in a binary distribution. -- Bruce Momjian http://candle.pha.pa.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
