Re: [HACKERS] Re: Postgresql Docs....

From: "Henry B(dot) Hotz" <hotz(at)jpl(dot)nasa(dot)gov>
To: Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>, "Aaron J(dot) Seigo" <aaron(at)gtv(dot)ca>
Cc: Postgres Hackers List <hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: Postgresql Docs....
Date: 1999-11-18 00:51:25
Message-ID: v04020a0bb458fd4780ee@[137.78.84.130]
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At 12:22 PM -0800 11/17/99, Lamar Owen wrote:
>There is really no use in discussing what license to put PostgreSQL
>under, as it is already under one. That means that there is absolutely
>no obligation on anyone who uses the software to give back to the
>community -- in fact, if they want to take PostgreSQL, rename it, and
>sell it, they are free to do so -- and they don't have to give anything
>back. In fact, the original Postgres had this very thing happen -- the

Well there is *one* thing they have to give back: credit. They have to
reproduce the copyright notice.

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