Re: [CORE] GPL Source and Copyright Questions
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org>
Cc: Charles Comiskey <comiskey@us.ibm.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2006-06-23T13:58:42Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org> writes: > On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 11:37:08AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >>>> item #3: Carsten Wolff copyright in informix.c file >>> The file informix.c contains a copyright from Carsten Wolff. Did Carsten >>> directly contribute this file to the PostgreSQL project? >> >> This code was added by Michael Meskes in informix.c rev 1.6 >> (2003-05-06). Michael, any info on the exact copyright status? > Yes. In fact the copyright belongs to credativ GmbH the company that > paid Carsten for his work. As you may or may not know I'm the CEO of > that company and can assure you that his work was contributed to the > PostgreSQL project. That sounds fine --- could you add a note in the source code to this effect? "Contributed under the PostgreSQL License" or something like that after the copyright notice would be sufficient. regards, tom lane