Re: Publishing Postgres Manual as a book

From: Erik Wienhold <ewie(at)ewie(dot)name>
To: Siddharth Jain <siddhsql(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Publishing Postgres Manual as a book
Date: 2023-03-23 03:22:50
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> On 23/03/2023 02:35 CET Siddharth Jain <siddhsql(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> The Postgres Manual is available online as a PDF but I think having it in a
> book form could be useful to some.
>
> Is it legal for me to publish the manual as a book?

IANAL, but I'd say yes as long as you don't take a fee. The legal notice of
the documentation grants distribution of the documentation "for any purpose,
without fee". [0] Also mind the trademark policy. [1]

[0] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/legalnotice.html
[1] https://www.postgresql.org/about/policies/trademarks/

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Erik

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