

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rod Taylor [mailto:rbt@zort.ca] 
> Sent: 29 July 2002 14:39
> To: PostgreSQL-development
> Subject: [HACKERS] GPL License
> 
> 
> Given the GPL isn't wanted in the contrib directory, it may 
> be wise to take care of src/interfaces/odbc/license.txt

Take care of it how? It can't be just removed as everything under
src/interfaces/odbc *is* LGPL.

Regards, Dave.

Mon, 29 Jul 2002 14:40:35 +0100
"Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>
Re: GPL License
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rod Taylor [mailto:rbt@zort.ca] 
> > Sent: 29 July 2002 14:39
> > To: PostgreSQL-development
> > Subject: [HACKERS] GPL License
> > 
> > 
> > Given the GPL isn't wanted in the contrib directory, it may 
> > be wise to take care of src/interfaces/odbc/license.txt
> 
> Take care of it how? It can't be just removed as everything under
> src/interfaces/odbc *is* LGPL.

Generally you have to track down all contributors to the code and ask
them 1) to assign the copyright to the group, and 2) if its ok to change
the license on their bit.

Doing 1 helps doing 2 later.




29 Jul 2002 09:43:42 -0400
Rod Taylor <rbt@zort.ca>
Re: GPL License
"Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk> writes:
>> From: Rod Taylor [mailto:rbt@zort.ca] 
>> Given the GPL isn't wanted in the contrib directory, it may 
>> be wise to take care of src/interfaces/odbc/license.txt

> Take care of it how? It can't be just removed as everything under
> src/interfaces/odbc *is* LGPL.

You're failing to distinguish GPL from LGPL.  The consensus as I recall
it was that we wanted to remove GPL-license stuff from our standard
distribution, but LGPL is okay (it's not so fundamentally incompatible
with the project's own BSD license).

I would rather see ODBC under BSD, sure, but I can live with LGPL.

			regards, tom lane

Mon, 29 Jul 2002 10:38:05 -0400
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Re: GPL License 