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Subject: Re: License question
From: Christophe Pettus <xof@thebuild.com>
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Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 22:12:09 -0800
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Hello,

I think there is a fundamental misunderstanding here about how =
PostgreSQL's licensing works.

You do not pay for the community version of PostgreSQL.  The license =
specifically states it is available without a fee.  It's free.  No one =
collects money for the community version of PostgreSQL.

There's no "enterprise" version of PostgreSQL that is provided by the =
community.  It's just PostgreSQL.

There are vendors which provide either commercial versions of PostgreSQL =
based on the community version, or which provide commercial support for =
PostgreSQL, but those are separate things from the PostgreSQL community =
version, and you would need to talk to the individual companies to find =
out what their arrangements are.

> On Nov 25, 2024, at 22:04, prashant sinha <prashantssiin@yahoo.co.in> =
wrote:
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> Hi Christophe,
> Thank you so much for the response. One of my client is also =
requesting details of licensed version of PostgreSQL. Could you please =
guide me cost of PostgreSQL license which they want to get installed on =
their (client=E2=80=99s) on premise server. Not sure how pricing works =
for enterprise license which have all associated support for enterprise. =
Also not sure if we can install on any supported license for on-Prem =
server or we have to buy specific server recommended by PostgreSQL. Will =
appreciate your guidance here.=20
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> Thanks,
> Prashant=20
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> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
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> On Tuesday, November 26, 2024, 1:29 AM, Christophe Pettus =
<xof@thebuild.com> wrote:
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> > On Nov 21, 2024, at 21:40, prashant sinha =
<prashantssiin@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> > Is there a free version of PostgreSQL available which I can use =
without buying any licenses? In case I want to self install and manage =
the database? Just need guidance if I can install the available version =
from site for business purpose too or I must buy licenses? Will =
appreciate an appropriate related answer.
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> PostgreSQL itself is an open source project distributed under a very =
permissive license:
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>     https://www.postgresql.org/about/licence/
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> No payment is required to download and run it.