From: Erik Wienhold <ewie@ewie.name>
To: Siddharth Jain <siddhsql@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Publishing Postgres Manual as a book
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 04:22:50 +0100 (CET)
Message-ID: <555530396.178188.1679541770635@office.mailbox.org> (raw)
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> On 23/03/2023 02:35 CET Siddharth Jain <siddhsql@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The Postgres Manual is available online as a PDF but I think having it in a
> book form could be useful to some.
>
> Is it legal for me to publish the manual as a book?
IANAL, but I'd say yes as long as you don't take a fee. The legal notice of
the documentation grants distribution of the documentation "for any purpose,
without fee". [0] Also mind the trademark policy. [1]
[0] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/legalnotice.html
[1] https://www.postgresql.org/about/policies/trademarks/
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Erik
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