Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] What's left?

From: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>
To: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] What's left?
Date: 2004-03-14 04:09:44
Message-ID: 4053DB08.5000002@Yahoo.com
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Greg Stark wrote:

> Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com> writes:
>
>> the point is that PostgreSQL is no GNU product, never has been and if someone
>> intends to he shall do so after yanking out the contributions I made.
>
> Note that when you released your contributions you did so under a license that
> imposed no such conditions. If Microsoft wanted to release a Microsoft
> Postgresql under a completely proprietary license they would be free to do so.
> Likewise if someone wanted to release a GPL'd "GNU Postgresql" they could do
> it. And nobody could force either to yank anyone's code.

I released my contributions under the BSD license. A license change is
only possible when accepted by the Copyright holder. I might have missed
something, but when did Microsoft get the Copyright of my code?

Jan

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