Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Misplaced modifier in Postgresql license

2003-11-28 Thread Richard Welty
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 22:19:51 -0500 (EST) Richard Welty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 18:33:37 -0500 (EST) Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know we have updated our license in the past, particularly to remove > > the advertizing clause. I think we grabbed FreeBSD's

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Misplaced modifier in Postgresql license

2003-11-28 Thread Bruce Momjian
Richard Welty wrote: > On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 18:33:37 -0500 (EST) Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know we have updated our license in the past, particularly to remove > > the advertizing clause. I think we grabbed FreeBSD's version. I don't > > think we are inclined to update our wo

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Misplaced modifier in Postgresql license

2003-11-28 Thread Bruce Momjian
Richard Welty wrote: > On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 18:33:37 -0500 (EST) Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know we have updated our license in the past, particularly to remove > > the advertizing clause. I think we grabbed FreeBSD's version. I don't > > think we are inclined to update our wo

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Misplaced modifier in Postgresql license

2003-11-28 Thread Richard Welty
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 18:33:37 -0500 (EST) Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know we have updated our license in the past, particularly to remove > the advertizing clause. I think we grabbed FreeBSD's version. I don't > think we are inclined to update our wording unless there is a > sig

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Misplaced modifier in Postgresql license

2003-11-28 Thread Bruce Momjian
Richard Welty wrote: > On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 17:58:19 -0500 (EST) Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, where did you get this wording? Is this something Berkeley released > > as one of their versions of the BSD license. > > yes, i believe that it originally came from the Berkeley lawyer

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Misplaced modifier in Postgresql license

2003-11-28 Thread Richard Welty
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 17:58:19 -0500 (EST) Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, where did you get this wording? Is this something Berkeley released > as one of their versions of the BSD license. yes, i believe that it originally came from the Berkeley lawyers. richard -- Richard Welty

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Misplaced modifier in Postgresql license

2003-11-28 Thread Bruce Momjian
Richard Welty wrote: > On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 17:23:56 -0500 (EST) Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Richard Welty wrote: > > > but you can consult with the attorneys for the Regents. they have > > > changed the license at times, and have passed those changes on > > > to other BSD licens

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Misplaced modifier in Postgresql license

2003-11-28 Thread Richard Welty
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 17:23:56 -0500 (EST) Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Richard Welty wrote: > > but you can consult with the attorneys for the Regents. they have > > changed the license at times, and have passed those changes on > > to other BSD licensed projects (e.g., when they remo

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Misplaced modifier in Postgresql license

2003-11-28 Thread Bruce Momjian
Richard Welty wrote: > but you can consult with the attorneys for the Regents. they have > changed the license at times, and have passed those changes on > to other BSD licensed projects (e.g., when they removed the > advertising clause the advertising clause was also removed from > all the code in

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Misplaced modifier in Postgresql license

2003-11-28 Thread Richard Welty
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 09:01:39 +1100 Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't that also require permission from > every other contributer to PostgreSQL ever? I mean, hypothetically there > might be someone in there who disagrees with the change. i don

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Misplaced modifier in Postgresql license

2003-11-28 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: > Breen Ouellette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The result of this ambiguity is that the > > latest CD release of OpenBSD (3.4) no longer includes Postgresql > > We are not changing the license text we inherited from Berkeley. > We do not have the right to, nor any interest in do

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Misplaced modifier in Postgresql license

2003-11-28 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 04:50:40PM -0500, Richard Welty wrote: > On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 13:50:23 -0500 Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Breen Ouellette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The result of this ambiguity is that the > > > latest CD release of OpenBSD (3.4) no longer includes Postgres

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Misplaced modifier in Postgresql license

2003-11-28 Thread Richard Welty
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 13:50:23 -0500 Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Breen Ouellette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The result of this ambiguity is that the > > latest CD release of OpenBSD (3.4) no longer includes Postgresql > We are not changing the license text we inherited from Berkeley.

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Misplaced modifier in Postgresql license

2003-11-28 Thread Tom Lane
Breen Ouellette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The result of this ambiguity is that the > latest CD release of OpenBSD (3.4) no longer includes Postgresql We are not changing the license text we inherited from Berkeley. We do not have the right to, nor any interest in doing so. Our interpretation