Re: software license question

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Ned Wolpert <ned(dot)wolpert(at)knowledgenet(dot)com>
Cc: Barry Lind <barry(at)xythos(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: software license question
Date: 2002-01-03 01:17:38
Message-ID: 200201030117.g031Hci17966@candle.pha.pa.us
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Ned Wolpert wrote:

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> I'm not sure its a problem. The source code already contains the
> copyright, and this only affects the JDBC driver. Perhaps we just need
> to put in the JDBC driver readme file that parts were provided by
> Exolab?
>
> I guess, it all depends on who defines "due credit". The code was
> submitted by Assaf Arkin <arkin(at)exoffice(dot)com>. Who gets to ask?

To make things even more complex, the newer BSD copyright doesn't have a
"due credit" clause. See the COPYRIGHT file at the top of our source
tree.

I suppose the copyright at the top of the file, and perhaps in the jdbc
README is enough.

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