Re: Libpq.dll library and its distribution in other products

Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Vladimira Nitrova wrote:
>
> > I'd like to ask you for your assistance concerning libpq.dll library and
> > other .DLL files.
> > These files are not distributed with our software and our customers are
> > asked to install them separately from the PostgreSQL package to be able
> > to reverse engineer the PostgreSQL database in our product.
> > (For PostgreSQL 8.1 they also need other .dll files: tcomerr32.dll,
> > krb5_32.dll, libeay32.dll, libintl-2.dll, libiconv-2.dll and ssleay32.dll.)
> >
> > Our customers would very appreciate if they can avoid installation of
> > the libraries to our product. Therefore I'd like to ask you if it's
> > possible to distribute these libraries within our product. If so, what
> > the conditions are and what we are supposed to do to get the permission.
>
> As far as Postgres files are concerned, you can distribute them freely
> with your products, no strings attached; they are released under the
> "new" BSD license (no advertising clause). This covers libpq.dll; I
> think no other file in that list is copyright PGDG, thus you need to
> investigate elsewhere.
>
> For example I think the OpenSSL files are typically distributed under
> "old" BSD license, and thus require a mention in your advertising
> materials, etc. ("This product contains software developed by OpenSSL
> etc")

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