Re: JPUG wants to have a copyright notice on the translated doc

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: JPUG wants to have a copyright notice on the translated doc
Date: 2016-03-05 15:56:01
Message-ID: CABUevExCmEmNk8uUbtU+Wx2dD2DAaD7LoKSntYH6nvW_Uu3N7A@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 3:05 AM, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
wrote:

> On 03/04/2016 06:01 PM, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
>
> Considering they are BSD licensed, I am not sure what abuses could be
>>> taken?
>>>
>>
>> I imagine kind of an extream case: a bad guy removes "Copyright
>> 1996-2016 The PostgreSQL Global Development Group" and replaces it
>> with his/her copyright.
>>
>
> Right but again, what happens when they do that? In a practical sense,
> nothing because we are BSD licensed.
>

Removing the copyright is pretty much the only thing that is not allowed
under the PostgreSQL or BSD license, isn't it?

That said, nothing is likely to actually *happen*, mainly because I don't
think we actually care that much. But it is not *allowed* to remove it. But
there is nothing that doesn't say you can also add do it.

> In short, no worries, 100% happy that JPUG is taking initiative.
>
>
I also see no problem at all with this.

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