Re: why is postgres-R not in standard dev Path.

Chris Browne wrote:
> naveen.bysani@gmail.com (chinni) writes:
> >       Postgres-R is a multi server (write anywhere) replication tool
> > which is possibly important for any enterprise if they want to shift
> > to postgres.
> >
> > Did you guys debate on merging it.
> 
> I seem to recall there being a licensing issue; Postgres-R uses the
> "Spread" communications toolkit that is distributed under a license
> reasonably dissimilar to that of PostgreSQL proper.

We can get a waver on that license.  I talked to the Spread folks a few
years ago and they were fine with that.  I said we could do the
advertizing better than trying to get the individual users to mention it
somewhere.

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