Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove Jan Wieck's name from - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove Jan Wieck's name from
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Msg-id 200603100317.k2A3H4X26345@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove Jan Wieck's name from  ("Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>)
Responses Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove Jan Wieck's name from  ("Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>)
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Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Mar 2006, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> > With the BSD license, there really isn't any restriction to enforce, so 
> > the copyright owner is pretty meaningless.
> 
> if nobody owns the code, then who has to be consulted to change the 
> license?

You can't.  Berkeley keeps the license, and we add ourselves to it.  If
someone else comes along, they can copyright it and add restrictions to
their version.

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