| From: | Antti Haapala <antti(dot)haapala(at)iki(dot)fi> |
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| To: | Andrew McMillan <andrew(at)catalyst(dot)net(dot)nz> |
| Cc: | Ben Clewett <B(dot)Clewett(at)roadrunner(dot)uk(dot)com>, "pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: GPL Licence |
| Date: | 2003-02-24 22:24:29 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.GSO.4.44.0302250003300.1393-100000@paju.oulu.fi |
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On 24 Feb 2003, Andrew McMillan wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 22:48, Ben Clewett wrote:
> > Please help me. I need to understand how you see the bounderies of the
> > GPL licence.
> >
> > I want to use PostgreSQL as the server of a commercial (non GPL)
> > application. All PostgreSQL components will be clearly marked GPL with
> > URL to sourse code, and readable GPL, to the satisfaction of PostgreSQL.
>
> PostgreSQL is licensed under the BSD license, so it is perfectly OK to
> do with it pretty much as you please.
One thing I think it doesn't grant is the permission to distribute it
under GPL! It also means that you must not mark them as GPL... because
those licenses are conflicting. ;-) (Or I'm not sure... but who wants to
change it to GPL anyway)
--
Antti Haapala
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