Re: PostgreSQL & the BSD License - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Chris Bitmead
Subject Re: PostgreSQL & the BSD License
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Msg-id 396A6D5E.DA034160@nimrod.itg.telecom.com.au
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In response to RE: PostgreSQL & the BSD License  ("Robert D. Nelson" <RDNELSON@co.centre.pa.us>)
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"Robert D. Nelson" wrote:
>
> >I'll ask, but I think he'll say that the license applies to the source; if
> >a commercial fork was made, then they are free to hide the source. But if
> >they ever release the source, then it has to go under the BSD again.
>
> What I was asking was, if someone forks the code base, aren't they allowed
> to change their license? It would only make sense that they distinguish
> themselves as the developers of the new code fork, right?
>
> So, can't the code be forked in such a way that no code changes, and only
> the license?

As soon as you have a licence fork, you automatically get a code fork.
Because all patches are going to be submitted under one licence or the
other, then the other fork loses out.

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