Re: Licensing - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Ross J. Reedstrom
Subject Re: Licensing
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Msg-id 20011205130512.C6817@rice.edu
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In response to Re: Licensing  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 01:48:33PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > 
> > Would it be a problem to include this code in PG?  
> 
> I think it would be fine.  I don't think the old/new BSD license is any
> major distinction.  We moved from old to new with no issues a while ago.

Shame on you Bruce: lawyers don't understand 'just a little change in
the license' We've gotten away with the change by making a good faith
effort to contact all copyright holders, and then assuming that those who
did not respond have assigned/abandoned their rights. And, the biggest
holder of them all, Berkeley, _did_ change their license. Probably a bit
'squidgy' but I think we'd win it in court, not that it'd come to that.

Ross



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