Re: The Contrib Roundup (long)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: The Contrib Roundup (long)
Date: 2005-06-08 16:10:54
Message-ID: 3735.1118247054@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
>> Packagers should simply build all contrib items. No extra options are
>> needed.

> No, they shoudn't. 3 of the packages currently in /contrib are GPL.
> Building them makes all of PostgreSQL GPL.

The fix for that is to remove or relicense those packages, not to
complicate the build process.

regards, tom lane

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