Re: [HACKERS] Re: Revised Copyright: is this morepalatable?

From: Chris Bitmead <chrisb(at)nimrod(dot)itg(dot)telstra(dot)com(dot)au>
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Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: Revised Copyright: is this morepalatable?
Date: 2000-07-05 05:15:12
Message-ID: 3962C460.E8DF5E00@nimrod.itg.telecom.com.au
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Philip Warner wrote:

> My legal advice is that, assuming they knew it was a BSD project, they
> can't take it out of PostgreSQL. But you could, for example, stop Microsoft
> using your compression code in one of their products. The new license
> removes this right from you.

Why wouldn't MS be able to take the code and use it while abiding by its
terms and conditions?

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