From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Copyright |
Date: | 2000-01-28 18:37:28 |
Message-ID: | 200001281837.NAA00971@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> This came down with my latest update and confused me quite a bit:
>
> * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2000, PostgreSQL, Inc
>
> Since when do *they* own the copyright? Whatever happened to the good old
> PostgreSQL Global Development Group? Assigning the copyright of an open
> source project to a commercial entity is something unprecedented, and
> quite frankly (without having anything at all against PostgreSQL, Inc) I
> am not so excited about it.
That is what I was told by Marc. If we want to discuss it, go ahead.
Such a change was planned in late December, though there was no
discussion who gets the copyright. I believe he used PostgreSQL Inc.
because it is a legal entity, vs. the development team, which is not.
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