Tom Lane wrote: > Hiroshi Inoue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Could someone confirm the following my recognition ? > >> The LPGL package could add and release a copy of some Postgres BSD >> licensed code as LGPL ones together with the current LGPL code and >> then the package is still entirely LGPL. > > No, the files you borrowed from Postgres remain BSD --- you cannot > unilaterally relicense someone else's code.
Oops I've completely misunderstood it. Probably I misread some articles about the coexistence. Many thanks. > This does not actually affect anything, since the BSD license terms are > more liberal than LGPL: you can distribute the combined package just as > easily as if it were all-LGPL, and anyone using the package is still > effectively bound by the LGPL terms for the useful parts. But it would > be appropriate to note that "files X,Y,Z are distributed under a > different license, namely <insert PG terms here>". Thanks for your clear explanation. regards, Hiroshi Inoue ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
