Re: GPL Licensed Files in 8.1.4

FYI, getting back to you, both /contrib/userlock and /contrib/dbmirror
were removed from the 8.2 source tree. They have been moved to
pgfoundry.

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Charles Comiskey wrote:
> PostgreSQL 8.1.4 appears to have 2 GPL licensed files according to
> licenses embedded in the source. In both cases, the files have had a
> history of discussion within the PostgreSQL forums. I'm hoping, through
> this question, to find more concrete information that the GPL code is
> really approved to be licensed under the PostgreSQL BSD license or to
> understand if there is a plan to update the source to remove the GPL
> reference.
>
> The 2 files are:
> - user_lock code from Massimo Dal Zotto
> - clean_pending.pl from Steve Singer, Navtech Systems
>
> I noticed that Massimo Zotto posted a forum answer back in 2001 (:
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2001-08/msg01089.php) but his
> statement that the file would be updated to non-GPL text seems to not have
> been completed. Is there any other authorization or correspondence
> stating his approval that the user_lock code is licensed to the PostgreSQL
> project as BSD?
>
> There was also a separate forum entry
> (http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2005-06/msg00350.php) on
> clean_pending.pl where it was speculated that the GPL text was added in
> error since the other source files in this directory are BSD. Has Steve
> Singer forwarded an authorization that this file is licensed to the
> PostgreSQL project as BSD?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Charles Comiskey
> Tivoli Software
> IBM Software Group
> comiskey(at)us(dot)ibm(dot)com
> 919.224.1223 or TL 687-1223
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