I thought the original suggestion was about migrating user created PL/SQL code, not Oracle-created code. If so, why should there be any problem?
I agree that you shouldn't touch a line of Oracle code, even built-in SPs. You would need to recreate that in a clean room kind of way, I think. andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merlin Moncure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Renney Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 8:07 AM Subject: Re: [HACKERS] RE : Oracle to PostgreSQL > -----Original Message----- > From: Renney Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 1:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] RE : Oracle to PostgreSQL > > >What are the legal implications of copying Oracle's own PL/SQL > >procedures code and porting them to PgSQL as you suggested? > > INAL, but I would read carefully over the Oracle license agreement and > redistribution allowances before doing this, especially if the database > is installed in a commercial environment. With all the legal activity > around open source lately, it seems dangerous (probably harmless in a > test/development environment though). > > Merlin > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
