Re: Copyright question

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
Cc: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Copyright question
Date: 2007-03-27 17:07:21
Message-ID: 28719.1175015241@sss.pgh.pa.us
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David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> writes:
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 07:31:20PM -0400, Neil Conway wrote:
>> Can't we just remove the file outright? The last release of Ultrix
>> was in 1995.

> Sadly, in the US, at least, and so that file, absent sweeping changes
> in the law, will remain outside the public domain until slightly after
> the first human-crewed starship departs our solar system.

No, Neil's point was that we could stop supporting Ultrix and remove
this file (along with the rest of the Ultrix port support).

regards, tom lane

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