Re: GPL License - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Rod Taylor
Subject Re: GPL License
Date
Msg-id 1027950223.41123.9.camel@jester
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In response to Re: GPL License  ("Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>)
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rod Taylor [mailto:rbt@zort.ca] 
> > Sent: 29 July 2002 14:39
> > To: PostgreSQL-development
> > Subject: [HACKERS] GPL License
> > 
> > 
> > Given the GPL isn't wanted in the contrib directory, it may 
> > be wise to take care of src/interfaces/odbc/license.txt
> 
> Take care of it how? It can't be just removed as everything under
> src/interfaces/odbc *is* LGPL.

Generally you have to track down all contributors to the code and ask
them 1) to assign the copyright to the group, and 2) if its ok to change
the license on their bit.

Doing 1 helps doing 2 later.





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