Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Tom Lane wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Eisentraut) writes: > > > > sslinfo contrib module - information about current SSL certificate > > > > Author: Victor Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > It was premature to add this: Bruce is still trying to get a copyright > > > assignment out of the author. > > > > I got it this morning. The text they sent was: > > > > > > The copyright has to be removed so it can be copyrighted by the > > > > PostgreSQL Global Development Group. Is that OK? We can still keep > > > > your name and company at the top. > > > > > > Yes, it can be removed. I just wasn't aware that copyright transfer is > > > neccessary. Most open-source projects don't have such a requirement, and > > > individual portions of code are copyrighted by their respecitve authors. > > I still don't understand why is the copyright "assignment" needed at > all. Is it even valid, given that the PGDG does not have a written/ > signed document? At least the FSF requires you to given them a written > and signed statement to that effect. And if it's not valid, why bother > doing it at all? > > Also, the code is released under BSD license, so why is it important if > it says "Copyright Foo, Inc" or something else? We will be able to use > it regardless of the copyright assignment, as will anyone else. > > One point may be that if PGDG doesn't have a "Copyright" line in the > header, it can't then automatically increment the year in there when the > time comes. Does this have anything to do with it? It may also have to > do with when someone from PGDG fixes a bug in that code.
[ Patch author added as CC.] I think we just felt that an explicit copyright to someone else in our code could be confusing. I don't believe there is any fundamental reason to remove it, but it just seems best to do that. -- Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
