Re: possible copyright infringement against postgresql

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, Robert Bernier <robert(dot)bernier5(at)sympatico(dot)ca>
Subject: Re: possible copyright infringement against postgresql
Date: 2007-01-21 04:38:25
Message-ID: 45B2EE41.4030100@commandprompt.com
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>>> So what's going on? Personally, I don't mind if somebody posts a
>>> reference to an article but charging money while the author doesn't see a
>>> penny of it?
>> They are charging for access to their portal. If you (not the literal
>> you) are too lazy to go through google to find the information, why not
>> let them charge? They went through all the hard work to categorizing the
>> information, they deserve the money people are willing to pay.
>>
>
> Well now, let's not start hoisting them up as business of the year... the
> majority of thier traffic comes from people searching google who think they

Nobody is hoisting them. I just don't see a problem with what they are
doing.

Joshua D. Drake

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