2011/1/18 Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>:
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
>>> I'm guessing there's a PolicyŽ at Red Hat that software made on its
>>> dime be GPL (v2, I'd guess), and that getting an exception would
>>> involve convening its board or similarly drastic action.
>>
>> It's company policy, and while it *might* be possible to get an
>> exception, the effort involved would far exceed the benefit we'd get out
>> of it. Moreover, despite Mark's creative argument, I really doubt that
>> Red Hat would perceive any benefit to themselves in making an exception.
>
> I'm not sure why they'd care, but it certainly doesn't seem worth
> spending the amount of time arguing about it that we are. David and
> Mark are, of course, free to spend their time petitioning Red Hat for
> relicensing if they are so inclined, but they aren't entitled to tell
> you how to spend yours. And even if they were, I would hope that
> they'd want you to spend it committing patches rather than arguing
> with your employer about relicensing of a utility that's freely
> available anyway and of use to 0.1% of our user base.
>
still good, thanks Tom and RH to have push it nearest other PostgreSQL. tools.
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