Re: PostgreSQL License

From: Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreas(at)visena(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-generallists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL License
Date: 2019-09-17 23:07:41
Message-ID: AAD870F8-7DBF-4D05-907F-5310E171449E@gmail.com
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> On Sep 17, 2019, at 4:18 PM, Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreas(at)visena(dot)com> wrote:
>
> På tirsdag 17. september 2019 kl. 22:55:02, skrev Peter J. Holzer <hjp-pgsql(at)hjp(dot)at <mailto:hjp-pgsql(at)hjp(dot)at>>:
> On 2019-09-17 14:56:30 +0300, Ashkar Dev wrote:
> > but it is saying (without fee)
> > if I create a database with it to work with Web Application if want to sell it
> > so the buyer must have the PostgreSQL installed in his device to work offline
> > right?
> > "Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
> > documentation for any purpose, without fee, and without a written agreement is
> > hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph and
> > the following two paragraphs appear in all copies."
>
> This means that you don't have to pay a fee or sign a written agreement
> to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation
> for any purpose. It doesn't say that you can't charge a fee for
> distributing (although why anybody would pay you for something they can
> download themselves for free I don't know).
>
> hp
>
> A rule of thumb is - you can do anything you want with it (the PG software inc. its source), except claim you wrote it, as long as you preserve the original license-file(s).
>
I take it that the OP has an app/dataset on top of PG he/she wishes to market (and protect). Perfectly legit, no? Not clear if there is a desire to disable direct db access.

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