X-Original-To: pgsql-general-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5DD9DA0C0 for ; Tue, 4 Oct 2005 16:44:11 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 53781-05 for ; Tue, 4 Oct 2005 19:44:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from natfrord.rzone.de (natfrord.rzone.de [81.169.145.161]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1161BDA0C3 for ; Tue, 4 Oct 2005 16:44:06 -0300 (ADT) Received: from wieland.net-tex.de (port-212-202-34-121.dynamic.qsc.de [212.202.34.121]) (authenticated bits=0) by post.webmailer.de (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j94Ji54B014353; Tue, 4 Oct 2005 21:44:06 +0200 (MEST) Received: by wieland.net-tex.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BC227567C; Tue, 4 Oct 2005 21:44:02 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 21:44:02 +0200 From: "Stefan 'Kaishakunin' Schumacher" To: Aaron Smith Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: License question Message-ID: <20051004194402.GA3182@wieland.net-tex.de> References: <4342966B.9070606@smithcentral.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="rwEMma7ioTxnRzrJ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4342966B.9070606@smithcentral.net> X-Editor: Vim http://www.vim.org/ X-Info: http://www.net-tex.de X-Heidnische-Gottheit: SLAYER X-Operating-System: NetBSD/2.0.2 alpha X-Message-Flag: You are polluting the internet with your mailclient! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.144 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.093, FORGED_RCVD_HELO=0.05] X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200510/126 X-Sequence-Number: 84355 --rwEMma7ioTxnRzrJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Also sprach Aaron Smith (thespirit@smithcentral.net) [License questions] PostgreSQL is released under BSD License. This license say (informal, IANAL) Do whatever you want with the code, but keep the author's acknowledgements.=20 BSD licensed software is quite often incorporated into commercial products, like FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD are used in Apple's Mac OS X, OpenSSH in Cisco and Nokia products and so on.=20 However, PostgreSQL can't be bought, since it is no commercial product like eg. MySQL or MS SQL Server. So get the source and do whatever you want.=20 BTW: BSD license is not the only advantage of PostgreSQL, indeed it is the world's most advanced database system and has a *lot* of technical advantages other DBs are still dreaming of. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_license for a short summary of the license. (Not that the original license only had 28 lines :-) --=20 PGP FPR: CF74 D5F2 4871 3E5C FFFE 0130 11F4 C41E B3FB AE33 --=20 Der Geist des Kriegers sollte mit Beginn des Neujahrstages bis zum Ende=20 des Jahres vom Gedanken an seinen Tod beherrscht werden. Daijouji Shigesuke in "Budo Shoshin Shuu" --rwEMma7ioTxnRzrJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (NetBSD) iD8DBQFDQtuCEfTEHrP7rjMRAvrvAKCVjRpA6f741s6O0bO2PNmFGh8JOQCdGIUY AWWVcS80GjoQfbtN7DaHqIE= =of7y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --rwEMma7ioTxnRzrJ--