Re: [HACKERS] UUIDs using e2fs library on Linux in 8.4

2009-02-09 Thread David Lee Lambert
On 7 feb, 23:44, da...@fetter.org (David Fetter) wrote:
 On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 10:44:48PM -0500, David Lee Lambert wrote:
  In the same spirit as the FreeBSD-native UUID generator that was
  discussed here a couple months ago,  I was able to link Postgres 8.4
  against the UUID generator embedded in the Linux ext2fs toolchain.

 There's a license conflict issue with that patch, namely that you've
 used the GPL, which means we can't ship it.  Is that license from
 something else, or would you consider re-licensing it under
 BSDL-compatible terms?

I originally based the code on something else (the pguuid project on
GBorg; the original author's Hotmail address seems dead).  However,  I
just checked, and no line of code what I posted matches his code,
except some #include lines and function declarations. I am willing
to apply the BSD license to it if I actually can claim the copyright.

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[HACKERS] UUIDs using e2fs library on Linux in 8.4

2009-02-07 Thread David Lee Lambert
In the same spirit as the FreeBSD-native UUID generator that was discussed 
here a couple months ago,  I was able to link Postgres 8.4 against the UUID 
generator embedded in the Linux ext2fs toolchain.  My code is posted at

http://www.lmert.com/download/pguuid-for-8.4.tar.gz

Unlike on FreeBSD,  there isn't a link-conflict issue that requires this;  
it's just Another Way To Do It.

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Re: [HACKERS] UUIDs using e2fs library on Linux in 8.4

2009-02-07 Thread David Fetter
On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 10:44:48PM -0500, David Lee Lambert wrote:
 In the same spirit as the FreeBSD-native UUID generator that was
 discussed here a couple months ago,  I was able to link Postgres 8.4
 against the UUID generator embedded in the Linux ext2fs toolchain.
 My code is posted at
 
 http://www.lmert.com/download/pguuid-for-8.4.tar.gz
 
 Unlike on FreeBSD,  there isn't a link-conflict issue that requires
 this;  it's just Another Way To Do It.

There's a license conflict issue with that patch, namely that you've
used the GPL, which means we can't ship it.  Is that license from
something else, or would you consider re-licensing it under
BSDL-compatible terms?

Cheers,
David.
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