> >>> The real question is, "is it proprietary". If it is even partially
> >>> closed source then it really doesn't belong in the "postgresql family
> >>> product" unless we also include MPP and Replicator.
> >> You know what I mean :-). And all of EDB-Postgres is open source,
> >> including the funky little MySQL migrator tool in the latest builds.
> >
> > Uh, doesn't the installer use a commercial product that isn't open
> > source? Does requiring non-open source tools to build something make it
> > non-open source? Postgres requires a C compiler that can be open or
> > closed source so I don't know if that helps clarify things.
>
> I don't think any of this is relevant for the News page. The question
> is, will the person sending me the press release be a paid PR person, or
> an OSS developer? We treat the two differently because they're going to
> send us different sorts of news at different intervals.
>
> For example, I would treat EDB-Postgres as "commercial" because they
> send us formal press releases every 3 weeks, which often need
> significant re-writing to target our developers. On the other hand, if
> we get anything from OpenRPT it's just a release announcement, maybe
> once a year, so we can treat them like an "PostgreSQL Family" OSS project.
>
> So it's not commercial vs. open source *product*, it's commercial vs.
> open source *news*.
That makes sense. But that needs to be clear in the policy, since it seems we all got it wrong :-)
(maybe now they'll have Dave write the news submissions instead. He'l hate you forever :-P)
/Magnus