Re: PHP stuff - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: PHP stuff
Date
Msg-id 200503171514.j2HFEBP07128@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: PHP stuff  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Mark Woodward wrote:
> > I would say that "The PostgreSQL Global Development Group" or its
> > representatives (I'm assuming Tom, Bruce, and/or Marc Fournier) just
> > has to give something written, that says Christopher Kings-Lynne of
> > "your address, city, country, etc"  has the right to re-license or
> > distribute under the PHP license the PostgreSQL documentation to the
> > PHP group for the purpose of documenting the PostgreSQL object
> > relational system, etc. etc.
> 
> The license of the PostgreSQL documentation does not give the right to 
> relicense it nor does it give "representatives" the right to give 
> someone permission to relicense it.  The only right you have is to use 
> it under the terms spelled out in the license.

Uh, is our documentation not BSD licensed?  When someone makes a
closed-source version of PostgreSQL, are they just adding to the
existing BSD license?

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