Re: Open source licenses

On Wed, 2021-04-07 at 06:41 +0000, DAVID Nicolas wrote:
> > > It is to make an inventory of all the used opensource licenses from
> > > all the used components, to check and respect the terms of use, to preserve copyrights and intellectual property.
> > >
> > > However, when I get PostgreSql binaries for Windows (Zip archive
> > > linked to [EDB]), I can see in installation-notes.html :
> > > -> "The software bundled together in this package is released under
> > > a number of different Open Source licences. By using any component of
> > > this installation package, you agree to abide by the terms and conditions of it's licence."
> > >
> > > Could the PostgreSQL Global Development Group consider to provide these information ?
> >
> > These installation packages are provided by EnterpriseDB, not by the PGDG.
> >
> > I think your request is reasonable, but you'll have to ask the packager.
>
> Yes sure. I also did it ... without answer.

Not nice.

> But my initial question concerned only the open source components linked to the PostgreSQL server
> that are not under the PostgreSQL license( ex: openssl, libcharset, ...).
> Regarding the other modules added by EDB, I will ask again to EDB.

That depends on how PostgreSQL was configured.

It may be a bit cumbersome, but you could go through all the shared libraries
(DLLs) in the "bin" directory that do not belong to PostgreSQL. The licenses
for software like OpenSSL should be easy to find.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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