Re: User locks code
Ross J. Reedstrom <reedstrm@rice.edu>
From: "Ross J. Reedstrom" <reedstrm@rice.edu>
To: Massimo Dal Zotto <dz@cs.unitn.it>, Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>,
vmikheev@sectorbase.com, Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 2001-08-24T16:06:56Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Uh, guys? The last thing I can find that Massimo says about the license is this, from Sunday: On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 11:15:54PM +0200, Massimo Dal Zotto wrote: > > Regarding the licencing of the code, I always release my code under GPL, > which is the licence I prefer, but my code in the backend is obviously > released under the original postgres licence. Since the module is loaded > dynamically and not linked into the backend I don't see a problem here. > If the licence becomes a problem I can easily change it, but I prefer the > GPL if possible. > So, rather than going over everone's IANAL opinons about mixing licenses, let's just let Massimo know that it'd just be a lot easier to PostgreSQL/BSD license the whole thing, if he doesn't mind too much. Ross On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 10:42:48AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: <I'm not sure who wrote this, Bruce trimmed the attribution> > > Maybe it makes Massimo feel good ? It seems a worhty reason to me, as > > he has contributed a lot of useful stuff over the time. > > Yes, that is probably it. The GPL doesn't give anything to users, it > takes some control away from users and gives it to the author of the > code. >