From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <200404300206.i3U26kk02397@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: Promoting PostgreSQL to the world.
In-Reply-To: <1083270087.30065.408.camel@jester>
To: Rod Taylor <pg@rbt.ca>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:06:46 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>,
	"pgsql-www@postgresql.org" <pgsql-www@postgresql.org>
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Rod Taylor wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 15:56, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > That is my point.  Are we going to require a certain level of
> > > acceptable usage for someone to use the name?
> > 
> > It's easy to shoot yourself in the foot that way.  You may find that the 
> > next Debian release will contain a package "database whose name we are 
> > not allowed to use" and everything is stripped of logos and icons 
> > because they are not free to use.  It has happened before.
> 
> I think that is different though. They're simply redistributing exactly
> what we gave them (compiled, but still the same).

Uh, one linux distribution add an option to pg_hba.conf.  We only found
out when someone reported it as not working, so that redistribution
thing isn't 100%.

> 
> We already have issues with users adding patches to the database, like
> CONNECT BY, which have a number of bugs. If Debian applied those patches
> by default and a flood of Debian users started complaining about our
> buggy software what would we do? If it would be to tell them they're not
> using an official release, then it shouldn't have the PostgreSQL name on
> it.

Sure, we tell them and they know it.  The idea that somehow we are going
to get a bad name seems a minor risk compared to the management
nightmare of trying to certify everything.  If we certify it and it is
bad, we really have a problem.

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