2011/1/18 Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com>: > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> David Fetter <da...@fetter.org> writes: >>> I'm guessing there's a PolicyŽ at Red Hat that software made on its >>> dime be GPL (v2, I'd guess), and that getting an exception would >>> involve convening its board or similarly drastic action. >> >> It's company policy, and while it *might* be possible to get an >> exception, the effort involved would far exceed the benefit we'd get out >> of it. Moreover, despite Mark's creative argument, I really doubt that >> Red Hat would perceive any benefit to themselves in making an exception. > > I'm not sure why they'd care, but it certainly doesn't seem worth > spending the amount of time arguing about it that we are. David and > Mark are, of course, free to spend their time petitioning Red Hat for > relicensing if they are so inclined, but they aren't entitled to tell > you how to spend yours. And even if they were, I would hope that > they'd want you to spend it committing patches rather than arguing > with your employer about relicensing of a utility that's freely > available anyway and of use to 0.1% of our user base. >
still good, thanks Tom and RH to have push it nearest other PostgreSQL. tools. -- Cédric Villemain 2ndQuadrant http://2ndQuadrant.fr/ PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
