Re: master 3d38d1d: Add sqlite3 support to Emacs

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
> Cc: larsi@gnus.org,  stefankangas@gmail.com,  rms@gnu.org,  
> emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2021 17:20:44 +0800
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> So I think we should check that the .so file passed to
> >> `sqlite-load-extension' as the `module' argument contains a GPL
> >> compatibility symbol before allowing SQLite to load it, similar to what
> >> we do with Emacs modules.
> 
> > Would you like to prepare a patch to that effect, please?
> 
> I would be willing to, but only if someone from a higher authority says
> it's necessary, and provides some details: for instance, should the
> symbol be named `plugin_is_GPL_compatible', or something like
> `plugin_is_free_software' (as SQLite3 is public domain instead of under
> the GPL).

OK, let's wait for Richard to chime in on this aspect.

Thanks.