Re: PG Installer - Licensing Issues - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: PG Installer - Licensing Issues
Date
Msg-id 20120815142855.GB25485@momjian.us
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In response to Re: PG Installer - Licensing Issues  (Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>)
List pgsql-general
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 03:20:52PM +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:45:21AM +0100, Andrew Hastie wrote:
> >> As I understand it, I am allowed to redistribute Postgres so long as
> >> I include the copyright notice plus paragraphs as detailed on
> >> http://www.postgresql.org/about/licence/.
> >>
> >> What I want to confirm is that the one-click installer (which I
> >> understand was supplied by EnterpriseDB) can also be redistributed
> >> such that I can bundle Postgres with my "product", and also use the
> >> non-interactive installer (http://www.enterprisedb.com/resources-community/pginst-guide#interactive)
> >> such that I can make the installation as easy as possible for my
> >> users. I've scanned the EnterpriseDB site, but I see nothing that
> >> confirms or denies my thoughts.
> >
> > I dug into this and found this at the top of the installation notes file
> > that is created once you install the product, at
> > /opt/PostgreSQL/9.1/doc/installation-notes.html:
> >
> >    Legal Bits
> >
> >    First the boring legal stuff. The software bundled together in this
> >    package is released under a number of different Open Source licences.
> >    By using any component of this installation package, you agree to
> >    abide by the terms and conditions of it's licence.
> >
> >    The PostgreSQL Server and pgAdmin are released under the PostgreSQL
> >    License.
> >
> >    This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for
> >    use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.openssl.org/)
> >
> > I also found this:
> >
> >         http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/products-overview/licensing
> >         http://www.enterprisedb.com/ba/foss-licenses
> >
> > Now, this doesn't directly mention the installer, which is gone at the
> > time this is installed.  I know it has the same license as Postgres, but
> > where is that documented.  Dave, any ideas?
>
> The installer code uses the PostgreSQL licence. I'll clarify the
> installation notes doc.

Thanks.

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