Admin folks, please don't reply to this email; the discussion will continue on hackers; thanks. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- bruce wrote: > May, Randy wrote: > > PostGresQL Admin, > > > > > > > > I am part of an organization that is beginning to write commercial > > applications for various Portals (Liferay, etc.). We would like to be > > able to deploy PostGresQL as the lightweight database for the Portal to > > connect to. Our request for approval to our Legal Department has > > stalled due to the following language in one of the files: > > > > > > > > File: src/backend/port/dynloader/readme.dlfcn.aix > > The actual file name, case-sensitive, is: > > File: src/backend/port/dynloader/README.dlfcn.aix > > > Language: "Permission is granted to freely use, copy, modify, and > > redistribute this software, provided that no attempt is made to gain > > profit from it..." > > > > > > > > We are not planning to modify PostGreSQL, nor charging for support > > services. > > > > > > > > Given that we are building commercial applications, can I get > > confirmation that we allowed to use (in-house) and deploy (to our > > customers) PostGresQL to support our applications? > > Wow, I don't remember anyone seeing that before, and am sure it would > have been an issue if they had seen it because it has been in the source > tree since 1997/12/19. And aix.[ch] have unusual copyrights: > > * @(#)dlfcn.h 1.4 revision of 95/04/25 09:36:52 > * This is an unpublished work copyright (c) 1992 HELIOS Software GmbH > * 30159 Hannover, Germany > > What does "unpublished work" mean? I assume the copyright in the README > is meant to apply to the aix.[ch] files based on it being the same > company name, and AIX. > > Obviously the license only applies to AIX but I wonder if we should just > remove the files at some point and require an AIX user to reimplement > this. I see a mention of the copyright from 1999: > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/1999-12/msg00747.php > > and another in 2007: > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2007-03/msg01450.php > > but no one seems to have noticed the README text. > > I think this got missed because it starts out like a BSD license, then > has the "no profit" clause added: > > Permission is granted to freely use, copy, modify, and redistribute > this software, provided that no attempt is made to gain profit from it, > the author is not construed to be liable for any results of using the > software, alterations are clearly marked as such, and this notice is > not modified. > > Can someone contat the author company? I think this is them: > > http://www.helios.de/ > > HELIOS Software GmbH > Steinriede 3 > D-30827 Garbsen, Germany > Phone: +49 5131 709320 > > -- > Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> http://momjian.us > EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com > > + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
