Thread: Questions about PostgreSQL Setup License

Questions about PostgreSQL Setup License

From
DUBILLOT Aurelien
Date:
Hello,

I read on your website that PostgreSQL source code is free for use and modi=
fication, but in my case I am working on a project where we are generating =
our own setup and we would like to integrate PostgreSQL setup within it.

Are we also allowed to do that ?

Thanks in advance for your response,
Yours sincerely,

Aur=E9lien DUBILLOT
Ing=E9nieur D=E9veloppement
Software System Engineering / Nantes
THALES Services S.A.S

Re: Questions about PostgreSQL Setup License

From
Peter Geoghegan
Date:
On 14 March 2013 16:42, DUBILLOT Aurelien
<aurelien.dubillot@thalesgroup.com> wrote:
> Are we also allowed to do that ?

Why are you posting this to the -bugs mailing list?

The answer is yes, though IANAL, and that does not constitute legal
advice. However, there are a number of fairly prominent full
commercial forks, so I think you're safe.

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Regards,
Peter Geoghegan

Re: Questions about PostgreSQL Setup License

From
Daniel Farina
Date:
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 9:42 AM, DUBILLOT Aurelien
<aurelien.dubillot@thalesgroup.com> wrote:
> I read on your website that PostgreSQL source code is free for use and
> modification, but in my case I am working on a project where we are
> generating our own setup and we would like to integrate PostgreSQL setup
> within it.

This isn't really a bug, but...

Yes. You are allowed to do that. Just include a file with the
PostgreSQL license and copyright.  This is how I did it for a derived
work:

"""

Copyright (c) 2012-2013, Heroku
All rights reserved.

Portions are derived from the PostgreSQL Project.  The copyright for
those can be found in POSTGRES-COPYRIGHT.  Otherwise, the license is
as follows:
"""

The license I have chosen is afterwards.  POSTGRES-COPYRIGHT is just a
copy of the postgres COPYRIGHT file.

(https://github.com/fdr/pg_logfebe/ if you are curious)

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fdr