I stand corrected on the licenses. I was aware of the dual license for MySQL, which is the one that Novell bought.
Curtis On Friday 25 April 2003 12:24, Joby Walker wrote: > Curtis, you're misinterpreting the notice. You are free do use > PostgreSQL for any purpose and without paying a fee to the University of > California(s) or the PostgreSQL Global Development Group. The only > requirement is that the copywright notices, etc appear in all copies. > > <generalization level="gross"> > BSD-style licenses (PostgreSQL, Apache, Sendmail) provide the software > without any encumbarances -- you can do anything with it. > > GPL style licenses (Linux, GNOME) requires that the software and all > additions/expansions be released under the GPL. > > You can "sell" both. The only difference is that if you modify a GPL > licensed application you must release your modifications, while with a > BSD license you can keep those proprietary. > </generalization> > > > BTW, MySQL is dual licensed. It is available via GPL and for a price > under a private license. > > jbw > > Curtis Maurand wrote: > > from the postgresql website: > > > > <quote>PostgreSQL Database Management System > > (formerly known as Postgres, then as Postgres95) > > > > Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2002, The PostgreSQL Global Development > > Group > > > > Portions Copyright (c) 1994, The Regents of the University of California > > > > Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its > > documentation for any purpose, without fee, and without a written > > agreement is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and > > this paragraph and the following two paragraphs appear in all > > copies.</quote> > > > > > > that paragraph seems pretty clear to me. I didn't go to harvard law > > school or anything, but plain american english is plain enough. MySQL > > with Netware is a licensed product. It is not under the GPL. I suppose > > that you can argue that Novell (or even RedHat) isn't increasing the > > price of their distribution based on the fact that PostgreSQL is > > included. I've also noticed that you can download the RedHat Database > > from their website without charge. If that's the case, I stand > > corrected. At any rate, they can't charge money for it and I'm sure they > > would have to provide documentation to attest to that upon request from > > the copyright holders. > > > > Curtis > > > > On Wednesday 23 April 2003 14:27, Joby Walker wrote: > >>Curtis Maurand wrote: > >>>Novell can't distribute PostgreSQL as part of the Netware distribution. > >>>That would be a violation of the BSD license. However, they've licensed > >>>MySQL in such a way as to be able to include it with Netware. That > >>> leads me to believe that MySQL would be the preferred SQL server for > >>> Netware. > >>> > >>>Curtis > >> > >>This is not correct. BSD-style licenses place no prohibition on the > >>code being included into proprientary projects and then sold closed > >> source. > >> > >>jbw > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dbmail mailing list > > Dbmail@dbmail.org > > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail
