Greg Stark wrote: > So based on our discussion of last week my understanding is that as long as > these people are content to release the code under the same license then > these statements don't change anything since they're included in the > Postgresql global development group anyways.
Yes, I believe that is correct. However, it is confusing to have their copyrights mentioned in our code, so ideally the copyrights would be removed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > greg > > On 2 Feb 2010 19:39, "Bruce Momjian" <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > > Some more _personalized_ copyright noticed have crept into our source > tree: > > /src/tutorial/basics.source Copyright (c) 1994, Andrew Yu, University of > California > /contrib/intagg/Makefile Copyright (c) 2001 Digital Music Network by > Mark L. Woodward > /src/port/rint.c Copyright (c) 1999, repas AEG Automation > GmbH > /contrib/isn/isn.c Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Germn Mndez Bravo > (Kronuz) > /contrib/isn/isn.h Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Germn Mndez Bravo > (Kronuz) > /src/backend/utils/mb/Unicode/UCS_to_GB18030.pl Copyright 2002 by Bill > Huang > > Does anyone have contacts to the other people listed? Ideally we can > get them to send the list an email stating their copyright notice can be > removed. > > Below is a summary of each item: > -------------------------------- > > I received permission from Andrew Yu to remove a copyright he had on > another file in 2007: > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2007-03/msg01528.php > > I have emailed him to get approval to remove this mention also. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The intagg copyright is on a _Makefile_: > > # Makefile for integer aggregator > # Copyright (C) 2001 Digital Music Network. > # by Mark L. Woodward > # $PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/intagg/Makefile,v 1.10 2008/11/14 > 19:58:45 tgl Exp $ > > Seems we either have to contact the author or rewrite the file. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The rint.c file is again tiny: > > * rint.c > * rint() implementation > * > * Copyright (c) 1999, repas AEG Automation GmbH > > Perhaps that just needs to be rewritten. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The ISN copyright looks like this: > > * Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Germ<E1>n M<E9>ndez Bravo (Kronuz) > * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2010, PostgreSQL Global Development > Group > > Interestingly, he mentions himself and PGDG both in the copyright, which > makese this less of an issue. Looking at the ISN code, it appears he > was the creator of the original file: > > revision 1.1 > date: 2006/09/09 04:07:52; author: tgl; state: Exp; > Add contrib/isn module for ISBN/ISSN/EAN13/etc product numbers, and > remove the old isbn_issn module which is about to be obsoleted by > EAN13. > contrib/isn is by Germ<E1>n M<E9>ndez Bravo. Our thanks to Garrett > A. > Wollman for having written the original isbn_issn module. > > and he asked about his copyright mention as part of the patch > discussion: > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-09/msg00794.php > > I never saw the issue actually addressed and the copyright line was > committed. > Do people think it is acceptable? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The UCS_to_GB18030.pl is a Perl script with this at the top: > > # Copyright 2002 by Bill Huang > > -- > Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us > EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com > > + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + > > -- > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
