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From: Ron <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-generallists.postgresql.org <pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL License
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 19:55:34 -0500
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On 9/18/19 6:03 PM, Ken Tanzer wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 3:20 PM Ron <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com 
> <mailto:ronljohnsonjr@gmail.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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