Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:41:42 +0900
KaiGai Kohei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
GPL is a perfectly good license, but it's far from clear whether
code derived from it can be incorporated into PostgreSQL even if
you wrote all of it yourself. I just checked libselinux, and as
you say it includes a LICENSE file that states "This library
(libselinux) is public domain software, i.e. not copyrighted.".
That's good, but a similar independant review will need to happen
for every component you interact with here, on top of a technical
review. Luckily this is something a lot of people would like and
that should all get taken care of.
SE-PostgreSQL internally uses libselinux, glibc and PostgreSQL
internal APIs like SearchSysCache().
I'm not a lawyer, but I believe they cannot enforce us to apply a
specific lisence. So, I clearly say SE-PostgreSQL feature is licensed
with the same one of PostgreSQL.
No need to say, more conprehensive checks and reviews are welcome.
Hmmm,
Everything that I read says that libselinux is GPL. That could present
a problem for anyone that wants to use the BSD features of
PostgreSQL :).
It is incorrect.
SELinux is indeed GPL because it is a part of kernel feature.
But libselinux is a public domain software, as follows:
https://selinux.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/selinux/trunk/libselinux/LICENSE
SE-PostgreSQL is linked with *ONLY* libselinux. It communicate to SELinux
via system call. As you know, GPL does not consider invokation of system calls
as a "link". Thus, we can release SE-PostgreSQL as a BSD licensed software.
Thanks,
I can check with SFLC if people are really curious.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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KaiGai Kohei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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