Trond Eivind GlomsrØd wrote:
> Lamar Owen <lamar.owen@wgcr.org> writes:
> > Mitch Vincent wrote:
> > > code release would have to be somehow honored.. I'm just wondering if the PG
> > > team could change the license even if they wanted to.. I should go read the
> > _Every_single_ copyright holder of code in the core server would have to
> > agree to any change.
> No - GPL projects can include BSD-copyrighted code, no problem
> there. That being said, creating bad blood is not a good thing, so an
> approach like this would hurt PostgreSQL a lot.
Well, in actuality, the original code from PostgreSQL would still be
BSD-licensed and would be immune to infection from the GPL 'virus'. See
rms' comments on the Vista software package -- that package is public
domain, and the original code will always be public domain.
To get the 'original' code relicensed would require the consent of every
developer.
Of course, the BSD license allows redistribution under virtually any
license -- but said redistribution doesn't affect the original in any
way.
--
Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
1 Peter 4:11
PS: is there a difference in the 'Ø' you used in your e-mail this time
and the 'ø' that used to be present? I'm ignorant of that letter's
usage.