Re: The PostgreSQL License requires "LICENSE" file?

From: Tomonari Katsumata <katsumata(dot)tomonari(at)po(dot)ntts(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: The PostgreSQL License requires "LICENSE" file?
Date: 2013-09-04 04:20:35
Message-ID: 5226B513.8020809@po.ntts.co.jp
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(2013/09/04 2:34), Josh Berkus wrote:
>
>>>> I've checked the PostgreSQL License,
>>>> and had a question.
>>>> http://opensource.org/licenses/PostgreSQL
>>
>> I don't know who opensource.org are, but their idea of "the PostgreSQL
>> license" doesn't appear to match the actual license text.
>
> The OSI, which is the organization which defines whether licenses are
> open source or not. We requested that they list The PostgreSQL License
> on their site after Red Hat determined that our license had sufficent
> textual differences from the BSD License to be a different license.
>
> I've requested that the spurious "file name" reference be removed.
>
Thank you for checking it soon.

I understands that "the PostgreSQL license" does not require
any specified file name and missing "LICENSE" is not problem.

I'm Sorry for the stupid question.

regards,
------------
Tomonari Katsumata

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