Re: License question - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Hannu Krosing
Subject Re: License question
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Msg-id 1082702823.5987.13.camel@localhost.localdomain
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In response to Re: License question  (Shachar Shemesh <psql@shemesh.biz>)
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Shachar Shemesh kirjutas R, 23.04.2004 kell 07:53:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> 
> >Jeff Davis <jdavis-pgsql@empires.org> writes:
> >  
> >
> >>Also, can you license code at all if it isn't yours? I would assume you
> >>would have to make changes and license the changes you made, and
> >>distribute it along with the postgresql-licensed code.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >You can't relicense code you don't own
> >
> Sure you can.

You can only add additional restrictions for the combined code, not lift
original ones. That is unless the original licence allows it :)

You are free to relicence public domain code though, but I guess that by
doing so you kind of take ownership of your release verion.

IANAL

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Hannu



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