Re: License question[VASCL:A1077160A86]

From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: License question[VASCL:A1077160A86]
Date: 2005-10-06 20:17:06
Message-ID: 20051006201706.GO28948@phlogiston.dyndns.org
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On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 05:34:25PM -0500, Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> > Yes, because libpg.so is licensed under the BSD license. Note that
> > you can do this in a COPYRIGHT file. It just has to be "in all
> > copies", whatever that means.
>
> AFAIK, this would only apply if he was actually distributing libpq.so,
> which would be a bad thing for technical reasons anyway.

Well, yes, except I suppose I sort of thought it was going to be
linked statically or something -- how do you rely on your users
having the library installed? But now that I think about it, I
suppose this is really a question prompted by TheirDB's decision to
understand "derivative program" in a mighty extended way. I seem to
be echoing Emily a lot these days. "Never mind."

A

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