Re: PostgreSQL License

From: Ashkar Dev <ashkardev(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>, pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, user(dot)postgresql(at)gmail(dot)com, vikasmanya1(at)gmail(dot)com, andreas(at)visena(dot)com, robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com, hjp-pgsql(at)hjp(dot)at
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL License
Date: 2019-09-18 17:50:01
Message-ID: CAHaowgU512Yiz57A8RLdYU2AVded0AeTX4Y9oZD5G5oviqLUkQ@mail.gmail.com
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Hi all thanks,
I meant maybe I create a web app with PostgreSQL that work locally for
example for a pharmacy that stores data by barcode while the DB was created
by PostgreSQL how I can sell the Database for him, how to deliver the
product to him can I sell the package that contains web app files with
PostgreSQL software and the database code?

On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 2:23 AM Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreas(at)visena(dot)com>
wrote:

> På onsdag 18. september 2019 kl. 01:07:41, skrev Rob Sargent <
> robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com>:
>
>
>
>
> 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>:
>
> 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.
>
>
> That seems perfectly legit. I'm not sure what "to work offline" means, but
> using PG for whatever commercial purposes is totally fine, given the
> license-requirement above.
>
> --
> *Andreas Joseph Krogh*
> CTO / Partner - Visena AS
> Mobile: +47 909 56 963
> andreas(at)visena(dot)com
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