Re: new food for the contrib/ directory

first comment :

* a special directory with ./contrib/gpl ?

second comment :

* I don't really understand your position regarding the GNU General Public
License. The GPL is offering multiple advantages for a big project and
software like PostgreSQL. For example :

* Contribution back to the main tree more easy if redistribution.
(like HP and Samba team are doing, copyright holder remains samba team)

* More easy to get a RF (Royalty Free) license from a patent
owner. (this is guarantee for him that it will not go back to
proprietary software where it's not a RF license) (like the
UB-Trees)

* A possible bigger audience.

Dual licensing is also an alternative but could be a real mess.

It's just idea.

alx

On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Justin Clift wrote:

> Hi Bruce,
>
> Did we reach an opinion as to whether we'll include GPL'd code?
>
> My vote is to not include this code, as it just muddies the water with
> PostgreSQL being BSD based.
>
> :-)
>
> Regards and best wishes,
>
> Justin Clift
>
> Andreas Scherbaum wrote:
> >
> > Justin Clift wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Bruce,
> > >
> > > Haven't looked at the code, but there's no license with it.
> > >
> > > Andreas, are you cool with having the same License as PostgreSQL for it
> > > (BSD license)?
> > >
> > > :-)
> > >
> > > Regards and best wishes,
> > >
> > > Justin Clift
> > >
> > > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Can someone comment on this? I can't decide.
> > > >
> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > Andreas Scherbaum wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > i have written a module for logging changes on a table (without knowing
> > > > > the exact column names).
> > > > > Dont know where to put it, but its ready for use in the contrib directory.
> > > > >
> > > > > Its available at: http://ads.ufp.de/projects/Pg/table_log.tar.gz (3k)
> > > > >
> > > > > Would be nice, if this can be added.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Best regards
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > uhm, good point. I thought i missed something ;-)
> >
> > This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License
> > either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
> >
> > I have updated the readme and replaced the archive with a new version.
> >
> > Thanks and best regards
> >
> > --
> > Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum
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