Why are the features provided by PostGIS not added to the core of 
PostgreSQL?

    Hans






Sun, 01 Dec 2002 22:25:37 +0100
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hans-J=FCrgen_Sch=F6nig?= <postgres@cybertec.at>
Why not add PostGIS to the core?
Hans-J�rgen Sch�nig wrote:
> Why are the features provided by PostGIS not added to the core of 
> PostgreSQL?

Because they are GPL licensed.  Some also thought it would be better as
a separate project that could release independently.

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Sun, 1 Dec 2002 16:28:42 -0500 (EST)
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: Why not add PostGIS to the core?