Re: 4 Clause license?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Rod Taylor <pg(at)rbt(dot)ca>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 4 Clause license?
Date: 2003-11-20 16:47:35
Message-ID: 200311201647.hAKGlZq01799@candle.pha.pa.us
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Rod Taylor wrote:
> > I think maybe the simplest thing is for me to prepare a patch that rips
> > that code out and replaces it with a (slightly simpler - less umask
> > hacking required, I think) piece of code that I will write.
>
> The FreeBSD folks sorted it out for us.
>
> Everyones names should be in the copyright for the file. The licence
> portion should be the 3 clause version -- no advertising clause.
>
> I think borrowing should be encouraged, and now that we know what
> license / copyright we need to carry over, this can be done without
> worry.

Agreed --- don't get too focussed on it --- they are all pretty much the
same, and if someone complains, we will rip it out and replace it.

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