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

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, 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>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove Jan Wieck's name from
Date: 2006-03-10 04:52:25
Message-ID: 44110609.3080400@commandprompt.com
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>>
>> 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"?
It becomes an issue should the license ever become contested.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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