On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> wrote: > > > On 03/14/2012 04:10 PM, Merlin Moncure wrote: >> >> there are plenty of on gpl lz based libraries out there (for example: >> http://www.fastlz.org/) and always have been. they are all much >> faster than zlib. the main issue is patents...you have to be careful >> even though all the lz77/78 patents seem to have expired or apply to >> specifics not relevant to general use. >> > > We're not going to include GPL code in the backend. We have enough trouble > with readline and that's only for psql. SO the fact that there are GPL > libraries can't help us, whether there are patent issues or not.
er, typo: I meant to say: "*non-gpl* lz based..." :-). merlin -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
