Kevin Grittner wrote:
I tracked down the license text. It includes these sections, which
leave me disinclined to copy the init script to the PostgreSQL contrib
directory:
The Software is a collective work of Novell.
You must acquire a license for each
installation of the Software and for each
additional copy (or partial copy) of the
Software stored or loaded in memory or virtual
memory beyond the initial copy necessary for
execution of the Software installed on the
hardware.
. . .
The Software is protected by the copyright laws and treaties of the
United States ("U.S.") and other countries and is subject to the terms
of this Agreement. The Software is licensed to You, not sold.
. . .
Novell reserves all rights not expressly granted to You. You may not:
(1) reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Software except
and only to the extent it is expressly permitted by applicable law or
the license terms accompanying a component of the Software; or
(2) transfer the Software or Your license rights under this Agreement,
in whole or in part.
here is what's in what I got from OpenSuse:
# Copyright (c) 1995-2004 SUSE Linux AG, Nuernberg, Germany.
# All rights reserved.
#
# Author: Kurt Garloff
# Please send feedback to http://www.suse.de/feedback/
#
# /etc/init.d/postgresql
# and its symbolic link
# /(usr/)sbin/rcpostgresql
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
#
# System startup script for PostgreSQL
#
# LSB compatible service control script; see http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/
#
cheers
andrew
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