FYI, getting back to you, both /contrib/userlock and /contrib/dbmirror were removed from the 8.2 source tree. They have been moved to pgfoundry. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Comiskey wrote: > PostgreSQL 8.1.4 appears to have 2 GPL licensed files according to > licenses embedded in the source. In both cases, the files have had a > history of discussion within the PostgreSQL forums. I'm hoping, through > this question, to find more concrete information that the GPL code is > really approved to be licensed under the PostgreSQL BSD license or to > understand if there is a plan to update the source to remove the GPL > reference. > > The 2 files are: > - user_lock code from Massimo Dal Zotto > - clean_pending.pl from Steve Singer, Navtech Systems > > I noticed that Massimo Zotto posted a forum answer back in 2001 (: > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2001-08/msg01089.php) but his > statement that the file would be updated to non-GPL text seems to not have > been completed. Is there any other authorization or correspondence > stating his approval that the user_lock code is licensed to the PostgreSQL > project as BSD? > > There was also a separate forum entry > (http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2005-06/msg00350.php) on > clean_pending.pl where it was speculated that the GPL text was added in > error since the other source files in this directory are BSD. Has Steve > Singer forwarded an authorization that this file is licensed to the > PostgreSQL project as BSD? > > Thank you, > > Charles Comiskey > Tivoli Software > IBM Software Group > comiskey@xxxxxxxxxx > 919.224.1223 or TL 687-1223 -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
