| From: | "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | "Gregory Stark" <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Zdenek Kotala" <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)sun(dot)com>, "Hans-Juergen Schoenig" <postgres(at)cybertec(dot)at>, "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: crypting prosrc in pg_proc |
| Date: | 2007-08-10 19:13:15 |
| Message-ID: | 36e682920708101213h1de19ba2pc0adf6fa087ebb76@mail.gmail.com |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-hackers |
On 8/10/07, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
> If someone just went and did "select * from pg_proc" they could claim they
> weren't violating their EULA or any protection you had put in place. If they
> went through the trouble having to de-obfuscate it then you would have a
> strong DMCA claim in the US.
I agree. De-obfuscating the code could likely show willful violation
of the software owner's license agreement.
--
Jonah H. Harris, Software Architect | phone: 732.331.1324
EnterpriseDB Corporation | fax: 732.331.1301
33 Wood Ave S, 3rd Floor | jharris(at)enterprisedb(dot)com
Iselin, New Jersey 08830 | http://www.enterprisedb.com/
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | Decibel! | 2007-08-10 19:24:09 | Re: Unexpected VACUUM FULL failure |
| Previous Message | Steve Atkins | 2007-08-10 19:11:01 | Re: crypting prosrc in pg_proc |