Re: Patch license update to developer's FAQ

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Patch license update to developer's FAQ
Date: 2007-03-03 17:12:40
Message-ID: 200703031712.l23HCeo23331@momjian.us
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Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >> I have added to the developer's FAQ that we don't want
> >> non-BSD-compatible licensed patches:
> >
> > How frequently is this actually a problem?
>
> Every single time someone submits a patch with no license but with a big
> legal disclaimer in their signature. Which is why this all came about.

Well, if we want to guard against that, we will have to be explicit
about it because the old wording didn't address this directly.

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