From: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> |
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To: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Cc: | Robert Bernier <robert(dot)bernier5(at)sympatico(dot)ca>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
Subject: | Re: possible copyright infringement against |
Date: | 2007-01-20 21:40:58 |
Message-ID: | 200701201640.58774.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net |
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On Saturday 20 January 2007 16:09, Robert Bernier wrote:
> On Saturday 20 January 2007 15:59, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > > I assume our documentation and all our postings are BSD-licensed too.
> > >
> > > Ah, I understand where you're going. Not necesarily, I'm refering to
> > > articles that have been posted on websites for profit. The website I
> > > speak of datamines as many copyrighted articles it can find off the
> > > internet and not just reference documentation. Dru's articles, for
> > > instance, have definitely not been BSD licensed and O'Reilly certaintly
> > > doesn't do that i.e. somebody is making money from other people's work.
> > >
> > > It's like I printed a few thousand copies of your PostgreSQL book (is
> > > it BSD licensed?) and kept the profits for myself without giving you
> > > any royalties?
> >
No, it's more like you kept small portions of each chapter on a website with
links to the book and then charged people to search your site.
> > True, but this isn't a community issue because the community resources
> > are BSD licensed.
>
> I disagree. If individuals are being attacked then what's the point of a
> community?
O'Rielly is aware of this website and hasn't done anything in at least a year;
if they don't feel it is worth persuing, I don't think we should spend much
effort on it.
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Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
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