Re: new food for the contrib/ directory

first comment : 

* a special directory with ./contrib/gpl ?

second comment : 

* I don't really understand your position regarding the GNU General Public  License. The GPL is offering multiple
advantagesfor a big project and  software like PostgreSQL. For example : 
 
* Contribution back to the main tree more easy if redistribution.          (like HP and Samba team are doing, copyright
holderremains samba team) 
 
* More easy to get a RF (Royalty Free) license from a patent          owner. (this is guarantee for him that it will
notgo back to           proprietary software where it's not a RF license) (like the          UB-Trees)
 
* A possible bigger audience.

Dual licensing is also an alternative but could be a real mess. 

It's just idea. 

alx



On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Justin Clift wrote:

> Hi Bruce,
> 
> Did we reach an opinion as to whether we'll include GPL'd code?
> 
> My vote is to not include this code, as it just muddies the water with
> PostgreSQL being BSD based.
> 
> :-)
> 
> Regards and best wishes,
> 
> Justin Clift
> 
> Andreas Scherbaum wrote:
> > 
> > Justin Clift wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Bruce,
> > >
> > > Haven't looked at the code, but there's no license with it.
> > >
> > > Andreas, are you cool with having the same License as PostgreSQL for it
> > > (BSD license)?
> > >
> > > :-)
> > >
> > > Regards and best wishes,
> > >
> > > Justin Clift
> > >
> > > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Can someone comment on this?  I can't decide.
> > > >
> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > Andreas Scherbaum wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > i have written a module for logging changes on a table (without knowing
> > > > > the exact column names).
> > > > > Dont know where to put it, but its ready for use in the contrib directory.
> > > > >
> > > > > Its available at: http://ads.ufp.de/projects/Pg/table_log.tar.gz (3k)
> > > > >
> > > > > Would be nice, if this can be added.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Best regards
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > uhm, good point. I thought i missed something ;-)
> > 
> > This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License
> > either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
> > 
> > I have updated the readme and replaced the archive with a new version.
> > 
> > Thanks and best regards
> > 
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