Re: Debian readline/libedit breakage

Stephen Frost wrote:
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> * Bruce Momjian (bruce@momjian.us) wrote:
> > I just posted on this.  The risk is to people using the packages --- the
> > packages themselves include the source as an option, so they are fine,
> > but everyone using those packages would also be required to distribute
> > source, which is a restriction we have avoided in the past.
> 
> I think you may want to reread the GPL on this.  They're not actually
> required to distribute source *with* the binaries (hell, Debian
> doesn't..) as long as they are willing to produce it if asked.  And
> that's the source for the binaries which actually depend on the GPL'd
> code, eg, the community-built psql binary that you're talking about
> here..  They don't have to provide source for everything on the CD or
> something (again, Debian has a "non-free" section also..).

Yes, I understand very well the source does not have to be with the
binary.  I am trying to avoid that non-BSD-licensed section in our
installers.

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