| From: | Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp> |
|---|---|
| To: | reedstrm(at)wallace(dot)ece(dot)rice(dot)edu |
| Cc: | tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us, pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us, peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Copyright |
| Date: | 2000-01-29 03:53:05 |
| Message-ID: | 20000129125305W.t-ishii@sra.co.jp |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-hackers |
> > I seem to recall some discussion of creating a separate legal entity
> > to hold the copyright, but offhand I don't see what it buys us
> > except more paperwork. The same people (ie, the core developers)
> > would have the final say over what either that entity or PostgreSQL,
> > Inc does, so what's the difference?
> >
>
> Ah, corporate assets? What if someone bought out PostgreSQL, Inc., for
> a huge sum of money. They'd get control of anything PostgreSQL, Inc.
> has control over. One can't buy out a non-profit organization.
I am worried about that too. Maybe we need an organization something
like the Apache Software Foundation to hold the copyright.
--
Tatsuo Ishii
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | Roland Roberts | 2000-01-29 04:22:54 | Help with pl/pgsql, triggers, and foreign keys |
| Previous Message | Bruce Momjian | 2000-01-29 01:55:50 | Beta is February 15th |