Re: 4 Clause license?

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Rod Taylor <pg@rbt.ca>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2003-11-20T16:47:35Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Rod Taylor wrote:
> > I think maybe the simplest thing is for me to prepare a patch that rips 
> > that code out and replaces it with a (slightly simpler - less umask 
> > hacking required, I think) piece of code that I will write.
> 
> The FreeBSD folks sorted it out for us.
> 
> Everyones names should be in the copyright for the file. The licence
> portion should be the 3 clause version -- no advertising clause.
> 
> I think borrowing should be encouraged, and now that we know what
> license / copyright we need to carry over, this can be done without
> worry.

Agreed --- don't get too focussed on it --- they are all pretty much the
same, and if someone complains, we will rip it out and replace it.

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