Re: [Pginstaller-devel] OpenSSL Licence

From: "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>, "Shachar Shemesh" <psql(at)shemesh(dot)biz>
Cc: <pginstaller-devel(at)pgfoundry(dot)org>, <pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [Pginstaller-devel] OpenSSL Licence
Date: 2004-09-29 10:30:16
Message-ID: E7F85A1B5FF8D44C8A1AF6885BC9A0E4306777@ratbert.vale-housing.co.uk
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Magnus Hagander [mailto:mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net]
> Sent: 29 September 2004 11:17
> To: Shachar Shemesh; Dave Page
> Cc: pginstaller-devel(at)pgfoundry(dot)org; pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: RE: [Pginstaller-devel] OpenSSL Licence
>
> > > * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this
> > > * software must display the following acknowledgment:
> > > * "This product includes software developed by the
> > OpenSSL Project
> > > * for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.openssl.org/)"
> > >
> > >
> > I read it to mean that you should mention that only if you tout the
> > SSL option of pgAdmin. I hate the advertising clause.
> >
> > Can we contact them and see if they were part of the group
> that agreed
> > to switch to the three points BSD license without the advertising
> > clause?
>
> OpenSSL isn't BSD license, and AFAIK never was. It has an
> apache style license. Don'tt hink that would apply.
>
> I guess if we're unsure we could always mail them and ask, though!

I've added the licence to both CVS's, and included the credit at the
bottom of the installer readme for now. The question is, whether we have
to include the advert on every release note etc. A literal read of the
licence says we do...

Regards, Dave

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