Re: PostgreSQL License

From: Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "pgsql-generallists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL License
Date: 2019-09-19 00:55:34
Message-ID: 2b5bfcb4-6516-3e38-71e8-bb7779d71442@gmail.com
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On 9/18/19 6:03 PM, Ken Tanzer wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 3:20 PM Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com
> <mailto:ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>> wrote:
>
> Charging for *installing* PostgreSQL is not the same as charging for
> PostgreSQL.
>
> Bottom line: you charge for *services**you provide* not for software
> that other people provide.
>
> That's just really not true.  There is nothing that prohibits you from
> selling Postgresql.  I mean, it's not a great business model because you
> can get it for free, but there's nothing that stops you from doing it.

Quoting Adrian Klaver in this thread from about eight hours ago: "You cannot
(legitimately) charge the pharmacist for any part PostgresQL."

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