From: | Cédric Villemain <cedric(dot)villemain(dot)debian(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Mark Kirkwood <mark(dot)kirkwood(at)catalyst(dot)net(dot)nz>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: pg_filedump moved to pgfoundry |
Date: | 2011-01-18 17:13:22 |
Message-ID: | AANLkTinEPDdba48oKBAPAnJU-e45QunBWwAUkOVJNY_z@mail.gmail.com |
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2011/1/18 Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>:
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> writes:
>>> I'm guessing there's a PolicyŽ at Red Hat that software made on its
>>> dime be GPL (v2, I'd guess), and that getting an exception would
>>> involve convening its board or similarly drastic action.
>>
>> It's company policy, and while it *might* be possible to get an
>> exception, the effort involved would far exceed the benefit we'd get out
>> of it. Moreover, despite Mark's creative argument, I really doubt that
>> Red Hat would perceive any benefit to themselves in making an exception.
>
> I'm not sure why they'd care, but it certainly doesn't seem worth
> spending the amount of time arguing about it that we are. David and
> Mark are, of course, free to spend their time petitioning Red Hat for
> relicensing if they are so inclined, but they aren't entitled to tell
> you how to spend yours. And even if they were, I would hope that
> they'd want you to spend it committing patches rather than arguing
> with your employer about relicensing of a utility that's freely
> available anyway and of use to 0.1% of our user base.
>
still good, thanks Tom and RH to have push it nearest other PostgreSQL. tools.
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Cédric Villemain 2ndQuadrant
http://2ndQuadrant.fr/ PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support
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