Re: possible license violations
Greetings, * Bruce Momjian (br...@momjian.us) wrote: > On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 06:08:42PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > > Bruce Momjian writes: > > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 09:31:15PM +, tom.beacon wrote: > > >> What is the best contact with whom to discuss possible violations of the > > >> pgsql > > >> license? > > > > > Uh, good question, and I could not find the answer easily. I would > > > report it to the owners of the Postgres trademark: > > > > > https://www.postgresql.org/about/policies/trademarks/ > > > bo...@lists.postgres.ca > > > > A point worth making here is that the Postgres *license* is so lax > > that it's basically impossible to violate, unless maybe by redistributing > > the code sans COPYRIGHT file. And even if somebody were doing that, > > I doubt how much we'd care. > > I have received private reports of our COPYRIGHT not being properly > included in distributions so I am sensitive to those possible > violations, and I assume the trademark holders would deal with those as > well. One of the downsides of attributing the copyrights to an organization which doesn't exist (PGDG) is that, I would think anyway, it'd make it rather hard to actually enforce anything regarding copyright.. I'm not a lawyer though. Thanks, Stephen signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: possible license violations
On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 06:08:42PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 09:31:15PM +, tom.beacon wrote: > >> What is the best contact with whom to discuss possible violations of the > >> pgsql > >> license? > > > Uh, good question, and I could not find the answer easily. I would > > report it to the owners of the Postgres trademark: > > > https://www.postgresql.org/about/policies/trademarks/ > > bo...@lists.postgres.ca > > A point worth making here is that the Postgres *license* is so lax > that it's basically impossible to violate, unless maybe by redistributing > the code sans COPYRIGHT file. And even if somebody were doing that, > I doubt how much we'd care. I have received private reports of our COPYRIGHT not being properly included in distributions so I am sensitive to those possible violations, and I assume the trademark holders would deal with those as well. -- Bruce Momjian https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com If only the physical world exists, free will is an illusion.
Re: possible license violations
Bruce Momjian writes: > On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 09:31:15PM +, tom.beacon wrote: >> What is the best contact with whom to discuss possible violations of the >> pgsql >> license? > Uh, good question, and I could not find the answer easily. I would > report it to the owners of the Postgres trademark: > https://www.postgresql.org/about/policies/trademarks/ > bo...@lists.postgres.ca A point worth making here is that the Postgres *license* is so lax that it's basically impossible to violate, unless maybe by redistributing the code sans COPYRIGHT file. And even if somebody were doing that, I doubt how much we'd care. We do care more about the Postgres *trademarks*, which is why Bruce is pointing you to the organization that owns those. But a trademark violation is an entirely different animal from a copyright violation. regards, tom lane
Re: possible license violations
On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 09:31:15PM +, tom.beacon wrote: > What is the best contact with whom to discuss possible violations of the pgsql > license? Uh, good question, and I could not find the answer easily. I would report it to the owners of the Postgres trademark: https://www.postgresql.org/about/policies/trademarks/ bo...@lists.postgres.ca -- Bruce Momjian https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com If only the physical world exists, free will is an illusion.
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