Re: Regarding licensing of Postgresql

Hi John,

 

Thanks for your swift reply.!

Does that mean, we have to distribute whole source code including our proprietary software source?

 

Thanks and Regards

Jayashankar

 

-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of John R Pierce
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 2:12 PM
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Regarding licensing of Postgresql

 

On 12/05/11 12:23 AM, Jayashankar K B wrote:

>

> Now we have a doubt about licensing.

>

> What is the licensing process if we want to use postgresql with our

> proprietary software?

> Could anyone please throw some light on this ?

>

 

very simple.

 

 

    PostgreSQL Database Management System

    (formerly known as Postgres, then as Postgres95)

 

    Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2011, PostgreSQL Global Development Group

 

    Portions Copyright (c) 1994, The Regents of the University of California

 

    Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its

    documentation for any purpose, without fee, and without a written

    agreement

    is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this

    paragraph and the following two paragraphs appear in all copies.

 

    IN NO EVENT SHALL THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BE LIABLE TO ANY

    PARTY FOR

    DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES,

    INCLUDING

    LOST PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS

    DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN ADVISED

    OF THE

    POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

 

    THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES,

    INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY

    AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED

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    ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS NO

    OBLIGATIONS TO

    PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.

 

 

include that in your copyright notices, and you're gold.

 

the only caveat is if you've linked in any GPL code, such as readline, that can taint your whole project and require you to distribute source code according to the GPL terms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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