From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
To: 정정운 <lapuel@tysoft.co.kr>
To: pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL license inquiry: source code disclosure obligations for commercial redistribution
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:58:33 +0200
Message-ID: <6cf026c8ec36403946f2a4e7b7551dc9e41e199d.camel@cybertec.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <738f5b9b80221cfb73241b437da2e217@real-web-kr1-6d786ff9-8k5cp>
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On Mon, 2026-09-28 at 14:12 +0900, 정정운 wrote:
> Our understanding is that the PostgreSQL License permits commercial use and redistribution
> without requiring source code disclosure, provided that the required notices are retained.
> Could you please confirm whether this understanding is correct?
Here is the license text, minus the warranty disclaimer:
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation
for any purpose, without fee, and without a written agreement is hereby granted,
provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph and the following two
paragraphs appear in all copies.
That answers your question with "yes", doesn't it?
The original license must be shipped with the software, so yes,
put it into a file.
> We understand that third-party drivers, extensions, and other bundled components may have
> separate licenses and should be reviewed independently. The questions above concern PostgreSQL itself.
Right.
> If there is an official reference addressing these questions, we would appreciate a
> link for our internal compliance records.
https://www.postgresql.org/about/licence/
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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