| From: | Michael Meskes <meskes(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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| To: | PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Copyright |
| Date: | 2000-01-29 09:36:55 |
| Message-ID: | 20000129103655.A1966@fam-meskes.de |
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On Fri, Jan 28, 2000 at 05:07:43PM -0600, Ross J. Reedstrom wrote:
> Ah, corporate assets? What if someone bought out PostgreSQL, Inc., for
> a huge sum of money. They'd get control of anything PostgreSQL, Inc.
> has control over. One can't buy out a non-profit organization.
Which brings up the question whether PostgreSQL Inc. is a profit or a
non-profit organizationn.
AFARC that's the way Debian solved this problem, by forming a non-profit
organization name Software in the Public Interest (SPI) Inc.
Michael--
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