Re: initdb copyright notice - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Neil Conway
Subject Re: initdb copyright notice
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Msg-id 877k1ysnma.fsf@mailbox.samurai.com
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In response to Re: initdb copyright notice  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: initdb copyright notice  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> I don't change the copyright, but I think we can take the copyright
> of the project rather than those of the individual files.

So can we remove the offending license clauses, then?

Also, it's worth noting that the license in 'COPYRIGHT' is not exactly
the same as the 3 clause BSD license the BSDs are licensed under,
which is:

---
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:
  1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
  2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
     the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
     distribution.
  3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its
     contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
     from this software without specific prior written permission.
---

(from http://www.netbsd.org/Goals/redistribution.html)

For example, the 3rd clause is no where to be found in our
license. Not being a lawyer, I'm not sure how significant this is.

-Neil


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