| From: | Tyler MacDonald <tyler(at)yi(dot)org> |
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| To: | Chris Travers <chris(at)travelamericas(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Douglas McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>, lmyho <lm_yho(at)yahoo(dot)com>, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, pgsql general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Debian package for freeradius_postgresql module |
| Date: | 2006-04-07 23:21:17 |
| Message-ID: | 20060407232116.GF6004@yi.org |
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Chris Travers <chris(at)travelamericas(dot)com> wrote:
> My own opinion is this: The Debian crowd are often technical enough
> they can build whatever they want from source. Debian is a niche
> distribution and not something we should spend too much time worrying
> about whether our software can be indirectly linked with GPL apps on
> their site.
Debian a niche distribution? I'd hardly call the defacto standard
GNU Linux distribution a "niche"...
> BTW, does this also mean that no GNU Readline is available in the Debian
> versions of psql? Or am I missing something?
AFAIK psql doesn't have the BSD advertising clause (does it??)...
and that's the piece that's incompatible with the GPL.
Cheers,
Tyler
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