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[70.186.126.197]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id k19sm1200684oiw.31.2019.09.18.18.35.21 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 18 Sep 2019 18:35:22 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: PostgreSQL License To: "pgsql-generallists.postgresql.org" References: <7e0c613f-eeea-1bee-990a-2eb4ef2ae881@gmail.com> <2b5bfcb4-6516-3e38-71e8-bb7779d71442@gmail.com> From: Ron Message-ID: <3993b747-7f6e-6888-f884-b03c54da8f7b@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 20:35:21 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------BF24F1E32C4232E0142B06BA" Content-Language: en-US List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------BF24F1E32C4232E0142B06BA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 9/18/19 8:26 PM, Ken Tanzer wrote: > On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 5:55 PM Ron > wrote: > > On 9/18/19 6:03 PM, Ken Tanzer wrote: >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 3:20 PM Ron > > 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." > > > Actually that's Rob Sargent you're quoting.  Adrian took issue with that > statement, as do I.   While Google isn't finding me anything that says > "Yes, you can sell Postgresql," here are a few points: > > * Point to anything in the license wording that says you can't charge > money to distribute Postgresql.  You can't. > > * Even software licensed under the GPL, which is a considerably more > restrictive license, can be sold.  The free software folks consider > the right to sell as one of the freedoms associated with free > software.  [1] > > * The Postgresql license page says it is "a liberal Open Source license, > similar to the BSD or MIT licenses." [2] The MIT license itself > explicitly states that it grants rights to "sell copies of the software." > How do you sell what you don't own? > Cheers, > Ken > > [1] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.en.html > [2] https://www.postgresql.org/about/licence/ > [3] https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT > -- Angular momentum makes the world go 'round. --------------BF24F1E32C4232E0142B06BA Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 9/18/19 8:26 PM, Ken Tanzer wrote:
On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 5:55 PM Ron <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com> wrote:
On 9/18/19 6:03 PM, Ken Tanzer wrote:


On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 3:20 PM Ron <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."


 
Actually that's Rob Sargent you're quoting.  Adrian took issue with that statement, as do I.   While Google isn't finding me anything that says "Yes, you can sell Postgresql," here are a few points:

  • Point to anything in the license wording that says you can't charge money to distribute Postgresql.  You can't.
  • Even software licensed under the GPL, which is a considerably more restrictive license, can be sold.  The free software folks consider the right to sell as one of the freedoms associated with free software.  [1]
  • The Postgresql license page says it is "a liberal Open Source license, similar to the BSD or MIT licenses." [2] The MIT license itself explicitly states that it grants rights to "sell copies of the software."

How do you sell what you don't own?


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