"Mark Woodward" <pgsql@mohawksoft.com> writes:
>> In my mind the real reason we stick "Copyright PGDG" in the sources is
>> just as a prophylactic against someone putting their own copyright on
>> the files and then trying to prevent anyone else from using the code.
>> Effectiveness of this measure remains to be seen ;-)
> What's the point of the copyright in the first place? Why not explicitly
> put it in the public domain like SQLite?
We can't, because we can't revoke Berkeley's copyright. But in practice
there's hardly any difference anyway.
regards, tom lane
