Re: PostgreSQL License

From: Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-generallists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL License
Date: 2019-09-19 01:27:41
Message-ID: ECA73140-50F2-4C1D-A597-45CC5B5E6BB4@gmail.com
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> On Sep 18, 2019, at 6:55 PM, Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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>> On 9/18/19 6:03 PM, Ken Tanzer wrote:
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>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 3:20 PM Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>> Charging for installing PostgreSQL is not the same as charging for PostgreSQL.
>>>
>>> Bottom line: you charge for services you provide not for software that other people provide.
>>>
>> That's just really not true. There is nothing that prohibits you from selling Postgresql. I mean, it's not a great business model because you can get it for free, but there's nothing that stops you from doing it.
>
> Quoting Adrian Klaver in this thread from about eight hours ago: "You cannot (legitimately) charge the pharmacist for any part PostgresQL."
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That was my thought actually. By legitimate I meant in good conscience as opposed to any comment on the legality
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