Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would be worried if I were you (or Joshua Drake for that matter): does > the agreement apply to commercial companies deriving products from > PostgreSQL as well?
Interesting point. It's doubtless unwise to take this press release as being an accurate guide to the terms of the license, but what it says is : According to the terms of the OIN license, the components covered by : the agreement include not only the Linux kernel and associated GNU : applications, but also other open source projects included in Linux : distributions. which to me says you're covered as long as your code is commonly included in Linux distributions. Hence, proprietary derivatives would *not* be covered. I'd guess that Oracle would have a hard time suing for any patent violation embedded in the freely distributed Postgres code, but any technique appearing only in the proprietary extension would still be at risk. IANAL, etc. I assume that EDB and Greenplum will have their lawyers scrutinizing this deal on Monday morning ;-) ... I'd be interested to hear what the experts' conclusion is. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend