From: | Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au> |
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To: | chris(at)bitmead(dot)com |
Cc: | PostgreSQL GENERAL <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: responses to licensing discussion |
Date: | 2000-07-05 05:32:33 |
Message-ID: | 3.0.5.32.20000705153233.024326a0@mail.rhyme.com.au |
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At 15:11 5/07/00 +1000, Chris Bitmead wrote:
>
>Putting aside that I don't think anybody is liable anyway... I could
>fork postgres, then sit on pgsql-patches applying them all as they come
>along, and go around claiming that my postgres is the "one true".
>Tenuous I know, but then the whole idea of getting sued by someone you
>have no contract with is pretty tenuous.
>
They key issue here (I'd guess) is where the software came from.
But I agree - it's just a total nightmare when you start getting into this.
eg. one of the questions I am waiting on an answer for if whether Marc can
be sued because he provided the software from his server.
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