Bruce Momjian wrote: > 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.]
hmm ? actually the author seems to be Victor Wagner ([EMAIL PROTECTED] - now in CC) - I don't have anything to do with that module ... Stefan ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
