Re: PG Installer - Licensing Issues

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:45:21AM +0100, Andrew Hastie wrote:
>> As I understand it, I am allowed to redistribute Postgres so long as
>> I include the copyright notice plus paragraphs as detailed on
>> http://www.postgresql.org/about/licence/.
>>
>> What I want to confirm is that the one-click installer (which I
>> understand was supplied by EnterpriseDB) can also be redistributed
>> such that I can bundle Postgres with my "product", and also use the
>> non-interactive installer (http://www.enterprisedb.com/resources-community/pginst-guide#interactive)
>> such that I can make the installation as easy as possible for my
>> users. I've scanned the EnterpriseDB site, but I see nothing that
>> confirms or denies my thoughts.
>
> I dug into this and found this at the top of the installation notes file
> that is created once you install the product, at
> /opt/PostgreSQL/9.1/doc/installation-notes.html:
>
> Legal Bits
>
> First the boring legal stuff. 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.
>
> The PostgreSQL Server and pgAdmin are released under the PostgreSQL
> License.
>
> This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for
> use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.openssl.org/)
>
> I also found this:
>
> http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/products-overview/licensing
> http://www.enterprisedb.com/ba/foss-licenses
>
> Now, this doesn't directly mention the installer, which is gone at the
> time this is installed. I know it has the same license as Postgres, but
> where is that documented. Dave, any ideas?

The installer code uses the PostgreSQL licence. I'll clarify the
installation notes doc.

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