From: | Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: License question[VASCL:A1077160A86] |
Date: | 2005-10-06 20:17:06 |
Message-ID: | 20051006201706.GO28948@phlogiston.dyndns.org |
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On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 05:34:25PM -0500, Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> > Yes, because libpg.so is licensed under the BSD license. Note that
> > you can do this in a COPYRIGHT file. It just has to be "in all
> > copies", whatever that means.
>
> AFAIK, this would only apply if he was actually distributing libpq.so,
> which would be a bad thing for technical reasons anyway.
Well, yes, except I suppose I sort of thought it was going to be
linked statically or something -- how do you rely on your users
having the library installed? But now that I think about it, I
suppose this is really a question prompted by TheirDB's decision to
understand "derivative program" in a mighty extended way. I seem to
be echoing Emily a lot these days. "Never mind."
A
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