From:
Sevo Stille <sevo(at)ip23(dot)net>
To:
Chris Bitmead <chris(at)bitmead(dot)com>
Cc:
Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>,
pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org,
PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject:
Re: [HACKERS] proposed improvements to PostgreSQL license
Date:
2000-07-04 13:33:35
Message-ID:
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2000-07-03 15:09:21 from Ned Lilly <ned(at)greatbridge(dot)com>
2000-07-03 20:49:54 from Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
2000-07-04 13:00:44 from Thomas Good <tomg(at)admin(dot)nrnet(dot)org>
2000-07-03 21:51:46 from teg(at)redhat(dot)com (Trond Eivind=?iso-8859-1?q?_Glomsr=F8d?=)
2000-07-05 05:24:32 from Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>
2000-07-04 01:13:55 from Chris Bitmead <chrisb(at)nimrod(dot)itg(dot)telstra(dot)com(dot)au>
2000-07-04 02:10:05 from Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>
2000-07-04 02:41:29 from The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
2000-07-04 03:05:37 from Chris Bitmead <chris(at)bitmead(dot)com>
2000-07-04 13:33:35 from Sevo Stille <sevo(at)ip23(dot)net>
2000-07-04 03:23:07 from Ron Chmara <ron(at)Opus1(dot)COM>
2000-07-04 03:27:14 from Chris Bitmead <chrisb(at)nimrod(dot)itg(dot)telstra(dot)com(dot)au>
2000-07-04 06:19:34 from Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai(at)wxs(dot)nl>
2000-07-04 07:23:28 from Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
2000-07-04 07:46:35 from Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>
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2000-07-04 14:38:21 from Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer(at)pasteur(dot)fr>
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2000-07-05 20:54:43 from JanWieck(at)t-online(dot)de (Jan Wieck)
2000-07-06 00:30:40 from Chris Bitmead <chrisb(at)nimrod(dot)itg(dot)telstra(dot)com(dot)au>
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2000-07-06 15:59:29 from Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>
2000-07-06 16:42:38 from Ron Peterson <rpeterson(at)yellowbank(dot)com>
2000-07-06 18:03:28 from The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
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2000-07-07 01:01:32 from Chris Bitmead <chrisb(at)nimrod(dot)itg(dot)telstra(dot)com(dot)au>
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2000-07-07 14:58:34 from "Andrew Snow" <als(at)fl(dot)net(dot)au>
2000-07-07 19:27:11 from Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
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Chris Bitmead wrote:
> Actually that is the exact reason you _don't_ want to be based in the
> USA. Do you really want Postgres to be breaking new ground in the
> courts? The USA is at the leading edge of lame new legislation. If the
> postgresql licence is locked into Virginia law forever, (because any
> licence change will be forever), you are subject to that law forever no
> matter how stupid it may get.
Besides, it effectively reduces the rights of any non-US developers to
zero for sheer cost reasons, as they'd have to defend them in a Virginia
(or at any rate US) court. And liabilities issues are far more likely to
crop up in the US than anywhere else, where sueing for damages seems to
be a profitable business.
Sevo
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