Shrinkwrap Windows Product, any issues? Anyone?

Started by mlwabout 23 years ago8 messages
#1mlw
pgsql@mohawksoft.com

I am working on getting a shrink-wrapped version of PostgreSQL for Windows

Currently it installs a customized version of Cygwin, PostgreSQL 7.2.3,
cygipc, psqlodbc, and pgadminII

I currently have the setup done.

The target audience is not the enterprise, it is aimed at people using
Access wanting to upgrade.

I've looked long and hard and can't find any license issues. Does anyone
know of any that I may have missed? As far as I can see, as long as I
maintain GPL restrictions, I should be fine.

#2Dave Page
dpage@vale-housing.co.uk
In reply to: mlw (#1)
Re: Shrinkwrap Windows Product, any issues? Anyone?

-----Original Message-----
From: mlw [mailto:pgsql@mohawksoft.com]
Sent: 03 December 2002 06:17
To: psqlodbc; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: [HACKERS] Shrinkwrap Windows Product, any issues? Anyone?

I am working on getting a shrink-wrapped version of
PostgreSQL for Windows

Currently it installs a customized version of Cygwin,
PostgreSQL 7.2.3,
cygipc, psqlodbc, and pgadminII

I currently have the setup done.

The target audience is not the enterprise, it is aimed at
people using
Access wanting to upgrade.

I've looked long and hard and can't find any license issues.
Does anyone
know of any that I may have missed? As far as I can see, as long as I
maintain GPL restrictions, I should be fine.

No problems with pgAdmin, though I do have to wonder how you've done the
installer?

Regards, Dave.

#3Noname
cbbrowne@cbbrowne.com
In reply to: mlw (#1)
Re: Shrinkwrap Windows Product, any issues? Anyone?

I've looked long and hard and can't find any license issues. Does anyone
know of any that I may have missed? As far as I can see, as long as I
maintain GPL restrictions, I should be fine.

PostgreSQL isn't licensed under the GPL, so it sounds to me as though you're
confused about the licensing issues.
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#4Dave Page
dpage@vale-housing.co.uk
In reply to: Noname (#3)
Re: Shrinkwrap Windows Product, any issues? Anyone?

-----Original Message-----
From: cbbrowne@cbbrowne.com [mailto:cbbrowne@cbbrowne.com]
Sent: 03 December 2002 12:16
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Shrinkwrap Windows Product, any
issues? Anyone?

I've looked long and hard and can't find any license issues. Does
anyone
know of any that I may have missed? As far as I can see, as

long as I

maintain GPL restrictions, I should be fine.

PostgreSQL isn't licensed under the GPL, so it sounds to me
as though you're
confused about the licensing issues.

No, I don't think he is - Cygwin is GPL and psqlODBC is LGPL.

Regards, Dave.

#5mlw
pgsql@mohawksoft.com
In reply to: Dave Page (#2)
Re: Shrinkwrap Windows Product, any issues? Anyone?

Dave Page wrote:

-----Original Message-----
From: mlw [mailto:pgsql@mohawksoft.com]
Sent: 03 December 2002 06:17
To: psqlodbc; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: [HACKERS] Shrinkwrap Windows Product, any issues? Anyone?

I am working on getting a shrink-wrapped version of
PostgreSQL for Windows

Currently it installs a customized version of Cygwin,
PostgreSQL 7.2.3,
cygipc, psqlodbc, and pgadminII

I currently have the setup done.

The target audience is not the enterprise, it is aimed at
people using
Access wanting to upgrade.

I've looked long and hard and can't find any license issues.
Does anyone
know of any that I may have missed? As far as I can see, as long as I
maintain GPL restrictions, I should be fine.

No problems with pgAdmin, though I do have to wonder how you've done the
installer?

Regards, Dave.

Brute force, of course!

Seriously, I have hidden the cygwin environment and simply called it
PostgreSQL. I am managing all he environment variables in my installer,
and I am using Windows batch files to start bash which executes the
PostgreSQL comands.

I am using PGAdmin as the administration tool

It really looks slick

#6Dave Page
dpage@vale-housing.co.uk
In reply to: mlw (#5)
Re: Shrinkwrap Windows Product, any issues? Anyone?

-----Original Message-----
From: mlw [mailto:pgsql@mohawksoft.com]
Sent: 03 December 2002 12:44
To: Dave Page
Cc: psqlodbc; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Shrinkwrap Windows Product, any issues? Anyone?

Dave Page wrote:

No problems with pgAdmin, though I do have to wonder how you've done
the installer?

Regards, Dave.

Brute force, of course!

Seriously, I have hidden the cygwin environment and simply called it
PostgreSQL. I am managing all he environment variables in my
installer,
and I am using Windows batch files to start bash which executes the
PostgreSQL comands.

I am using PGAdmin as the administration tool

It really looks slick

I was thinking more about how you've dealt with installing pgAdmin, or
have you left it seperate? If you need any help with that side of it,
just let me know...

Sounds good though...

Regards, Dave (aka dave@pgadmin.org).

#7mlw
pgsql@mohawksoft.com
In reply to: mlw (#1)
Re: Shrinkwrap Windows Product, any issues? Anyone?

cbbrowne@cbbrowne.com wrote:

I've looked long and hard and can't find any license issues. Does anyone
know of any that I may have missed? As far as I can see, as long as I
maintain GPL restrictions, I should be fine.

PostgreSQL isn't licensed under the GPL, so it sounds to me as though you're
confused about the licensing issues.

I'm not confused about the licensing issues. PostgreSQL is less
restrictive than is GPL. Maybe I should have phrased it as the most
restrictive license is GPL, so as long as I maintain GPL restrictions I
should be fine.

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#8Christopher Kings-Lynne
chriskl@familyhealth.com.au
In reply to: Dave Page (#2)
Re: Shrinkwrap Windows Product, any issues? Anyone?

Brute force, of course!

Seriously, I have hidden the cygwin environment and simply called it
PostgreSQL. I am managing all he environment variables in my installer,
and I am using Windows batch files to start bash which executes the
PostgreSQL comands.

I am using PGAdmin as the administration tool

It really looks slick

We've done great things at our office, using the free NullSoft installer
(WinAmp):

http://www.winamp.com/nsdn/nsis/

Chris