Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove Jan Wieck's name from

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove Jan Wieck's name from
Date: 2006-03-10 03:37:59
Message-ID: 200603100337.k2A3bxY29544@candle.pha.pa.us
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Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Mar 2006, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> >> On Thu, 9 Mar 2006, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >>
> >>> With the BSD license, there really isn't any restriction to enforce, so
> >>> the copyright owner is pretty meaningless.
> >>
> >> if nobody owns the code, then who has to be consulted to change the
> >> license?
> >
> > You can't. Berkeley keeps the license, and we add ourselves to it. If
> > someone else comes along, they can copyright it and add restrictions to
> > their version.
>
> 'k, but what is wrong with "Portions copyright by ..." added to the
> appropriate files? Why is that "A Bad Thing"?

Nothing. I think it is good.

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