Re: PHP stuff

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Mark Woodward <pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com>, Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PHP stuff
Date: 2005-03-17 15:14:11
Message-ID: 200503171514.j2HFEBP07128@candle.pha.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Mark Woodward wrote:
> > I would say that "The PostgreSQL Global Development Group" or its
> > representatives (I'm assuming Tom, Bruce, and/or Marc Fournier) just
> > has to give something written, that says Christopher Kings-Lynne of
> > "your address, city, country, etc" has the right to re-license or
> > distribute under the PHP license the PostgreSQL documentation to the
> > PHP group for the purpose of documenting the PostgreSQL object
> > relational system, etc. etc.
>
> The license of the PostgreSQL documentation does not give the right to
> relicense it nor does it give "representatives" the right to give
> someone permission to relicense it. The only right you have is to use
> it under the terms spelled out in the license.

Uh, is our documentation not BSD licensed? When someone makes a
closed-source version of PostgreSQL, are they just adding to the
existing BSD license?

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