| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Mark Woodward" <pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, "Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: PHP stuff |
| Date: | 2005-03-17 18:47:31 |
| Message-ID: | 26196.1111085251@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Mark Woodward" <pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com> writes:
>> In my mind the real reason we stick "Copyright PGDG" in the sources is
>> just as a prophylactic against someone putting their own copyright on
>> the files and then trying to prevent anyone else from using the code.
>> Effectiveness of this measure remains to be seen ;-)
> What's the point of the copyright in the first place? Why not explicitly
> put it in the public domain like SQLite?
We can't, because we can't revoke Berkeley's copyright. But in practice
there's hardly any difference anyway.
regards, tom lane
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