Re: [HACKERS] Readline use in trouble?

On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Tom Lane wrote:

> Now a lawyer would immediately point out that the "PostgreSQL Global
> Development Team" is not a legally existent entity and so has no ability
> to sue anyone for copyright violation. If we thought we might have to
> enforce our wishes legally, we'd need to form an actual corporation.
> (Perhaps the core team has already quietly done that, but I sure don't
> know about it...)

I don't know how things work in Canada - where Marc is - but in the US
a simple DBA would be all that's necessary for an entity to copyright
in their own name. Many clubs and user groups do this regularly. A
form that's filled out every five years is all that's needed to maintain
the business name. (DBA = Doing Business As)

> Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, I don't play one on TV, yadda yadda...

Same here, but I have filed and received a copyright for one of the
above unmentioned clubs when I was a member.

Vince.
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