Dennis Bjorklund wrote: > On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > K, that's what confused me as I got the impression it was ok to require > > > LGPL libraries but not GPL. > > > > I think the answer isn't clear on that one. > > If that is not clear then what is the difference between a LGPL lib and a > GPL one? To copy code from said lib into pg could never be allowed, but > just linking to it surely can not be a problem. > > LGPL libs are used all over by all kinds of closed sorce applications and > that's the whole idea of making things (like glib) into LGPL instead of > GPL. For example Acrobat Reader 7 for unix uses GTK+ and it is LGPL. > Acrobat Reader surely do require GTK+.
Maybe LGPL is OK, but I think we will try to avoid a dependency on LGPL code if we can help it. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
