Re: [0/4] Proposal of SE-PostgreSQL patches

From: KaiGai Kohei <kaigai(at)kaigai(dot)gr(dot)jp>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Kohei KaiGai <kaigai(at)ak(dot)jp(dot)nec(dot)com>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [0/4] Proposal of SE-PostgreSQL patches
Date: 2008-03-17 13:56:09
Message-ID: 47DE7879.9070404@kaigai.gr.jp
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Kohei KaiGai wrote:
>> The series of patches are the proposal of Security-Enhanced PostgreSQL
>> (SE-PostgreSQL) for the upstreamed PostgreSQL 8.4 development cycle.
>
> Before we go any further, is this work derived from SELinux? If so, is
> it covered under the GPL? If so, can it be licensed under BSD terms?
>
> Obviously, if it's not BSD, we cannot include it in Postgres.

All of SE-PostgreSQL works are licensed unser BSD terms.
We are considering to push SE-PostgreSQL into upstreamed PostgreSQL from
the beginning, and we understand to choose GPL makes it impossible.

Thanks,
--
KaiGai Kohei <kaigai(at)kaigai(dot)gr(dot)jp>

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