Re: contrib/pg_filedump - PostgreSQL File Dump Utility

From: Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: Patrick Macdonald <patrickm(at)redhat(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org, darcy(at)druid(dot)net
Subject: Re: contrib/pg_filedump - PostgreSQL File Dump Utility
Date: 2002-02-07 00:06:10
Message-ID: 3C61C4F2.7A416313@postgresql.org
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Hi Peter,

Do you mind re-licensing this with the BSD license for us?

:-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
> Tom Lane writes:
>
> > I do have concerns about including these six contrib modules in our
> > distribution, however. It could be argued that the terms of the GPL
> > forbid that.
>
> That is one thing. Another concern is that it confuses the general
> public. People have certain expectations when it comes to PostgreSQL
> code, and if every little subdirectory has its own license it just becomes
> annoying.
>
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