On 2013-05-28 14:50:57 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 08:37:44PM +0200, Andres Freund wrote: > > On 2013-05-28 14:32:07 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > We have a lot of code in PostgreSQL source tree with different > > > > copyright notices, and there's no problem with that as long as the > > > > coe is licensed under the PostgreSQL license. For patches that add > > > > > > Really? Where? I think we have removed them all, as far as I know. > > > A quick grep shows: > > > > > > $ grep -r 'Portions Copyright'|egrep -v 'Global|Regents' > > > ./src/backend/regex/regexport.c: * Portions Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 > > > Henry Spencer > > > ./src/backend/regex/regprefix.c: * Portions Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 > > > Henry Spencer > > > ./src/include/regex/regexport.h: * Portions Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 > > > Henry Spencer > > > ./src/include/getopt_long.h: * Portions Copyright (c) 1987, 1993, 1994 > > > ./src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_directory.c: * Portions Copyright (c) > > > 2000, Philip Warner > > > ./src/port/getopt_long.c: * Portions Copyright (c) 1987, 1993, 1994 > > > ./src/port/getopt_long.c: * Portions Copyright (c) 2003 > > > > Just remove the "Portions" part from your grep, and you will see quite > > some more... > > Oh, I see. Have we historically been OK with these as long as it is > clear it is the PG copyright? I know we had do some cleanups in the > past, but I don't remember the details, obviously.
I don't see a problem with a different copyrights as long as the licenses are compatible. I remember code getting (re-)moved because it was GPL, which is a different thing to having a different copyright. I don't have a all that wide look over the history though. Greetings, Andres Freund -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
