Re: 4 Clause license? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: 4 Clause license?
Date
Msg-id 200311201647.hAKGlZq01799@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: 4 Clause license?  (Rod Taylor <pg@rbt.ca>)
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Rod Taylor wrote:
> > I think maybe the simplest thing is for me to prepare a patch that rips 
> > that code out and replaces it with a (slightly simpler - less umask 
> > hacking required, I think) piece of code that I will write.
> 
> The FreeBSD folks sorted it out for us.
> 
> Everyones names should be in the copyright for the file. The licence
> portion should be the 3 clause version -- no advertising clause.
> 
> I think borrowing should be encouraged, and now that we know what
> license / copyright we need to carry over, this can be done without
> worry.

Agreed --- don't get too focussed on it --- they are all pretty much the
same, and if someone complains, we will rip it out and replace it.

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