Individuals that make up the core development team of PostgreSQL all have positions with companies that pay them a salary. Tom Lang, who heads the core development of PostgreSQL is an employee of Red Hat Linux for example. Although Tom works for Red Hat, his position with them is closely tied to PostgreSQL. Most of the other core team members also have positions with companies working in positions related to PostgreSQL. Some income to the contributors to PostgreSQL comes from talks given at conferences, which generates income from referrals, etc. Much support comes from contributers who have developed third party add-ons to PostgreSQL.
Many companies that want choices regarding OS, and don't want to see Microsoft corner the OS market with subsequent extravagant monopolistic pricing, have contributed time, energy and money to PostgreSQL. Almost all the companies that are strong supporters of Linux like IBM HP, etc, also are strong supporters of PostgreSQL, as it is a key component of Linux. Recently Sun has become a major supporter of PostgreSQL. Sun has adopted PostgreSQL as its Solaris OS database. Regards, LelandJ MB Software Solutions wrote: > mrgmhale wrote: > >>> My understanding is that there is no licensing >>> restriction on sending it out to my clients. >>> >>> >>> >> Correct. No licensing to PostgreSQL from you or client. You can charge for >> your app, however (of course). >> >> Gil >> >> > > This might be beating an old horse, but how does Postgre SQL make a > living if there's no cost? Simply donations? > > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
