Stephen Frost wrote: -- Start of PGP signed section. > * Bruce Momjian (br...@momjian.us) wrote: > > I just posted on this. The risk is to people using the packages --- the > > packages themselves include the source as an option, so they are fine, > > but everyone using those packages would also be required to distribute > > source, which is a restriction we have avoided in the past. > > I think you may want to reread the GPL on this. They're not actually > required to distribute source *with* the binaries (hell, Debian > doesn't..) as long as they are willing to produce it if asked. And > that's the source for the binaries which actually depend on the GPL'd > code, eg, the community-built psql binary that you're talking about > here.. They don't have to provide source for everything on the CD or > something (again, Debian has a "non-free" section also..).
Yes, I understand very well the source does not have to be with the binary. I am trying to avoid that non-BSD-licensed section in our installers. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
