PostgreSQL 8.1.4 appears to have 2 GPL licensed files according to licenses embedded in the source. In both cases, the files have had a history of discussion within the PostgreSQL forums. I'm hoping, through this question, to find more concrete information that the GPL code is really approved to be licensed under the PostgreSQL BSD license or to understand if there is a plan to update the source to remove the GPL reference.
The 2 files are: - user_lock code from Massimo Dal Zotto - clean_pending.pl from Steve Singer, Navtech Systems
I noticed that Massimo Zotto posted a forum answer back in 2001 (: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2001-08/msg01089.php) but his statement that the file would be updated to non-GPL text seems to not have been completed. Is there any other authorization or correspondence stating his approval that the user_lock code is licensed to the PostgreSQL project as BSD?
There was also a separate forum entry (http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2005-06/msg00350.php) on clean_pending.pl where it was speculated that the GPL text was added in error since the other source files in this directory are BSD. Has Steve Singer forwarded an authorization that this file is licensed to the PostgreSQL project as BSD?
Thank you,
Charles Comiskey Tivoli Software IBM Software Group comiskey@us.ibm.com 919.224.1223 or TL 687-1223
