Re: [GENERAL] Deployment of PostgreSQL Applications

2001-08-31 Thread Steve Wolfe
> > 2) More importantly, is it possible to prevent a customer from peeking into > > said database once it is deployed on their machine? ROT13 it, then threaten them with the DMCA. (Yes, that was a joke.) steve ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP

Re: [GENERAL] Deployment of PostgreSQL Applications

2001-08-31 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 08:59:53AM -0400, Mike Arace wrote: > 2 questions: I'll let someone else handle the first one. > 2) More importantly, is it possible to prevent a customer from peeking into > said database once it is deployed on their machine? A large part of what > makes my applicatio

Re: [GENERAL] Deployment of PostgreSQL Applications

2001-08-31 Thread Alex Pilosov
On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Mike Arace wrote: > 1) Is it legal to bundle Postgresql with another commercial application, > assuming the database will have to be significantly reconfigured and tuned? > (at the application level, not the source code level) I read over the > licenses I could find on th

Re: [GENERAL] Deployment of PostgreSQL Applications

2001-08-31 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 08:59:53AM -0400, Mike Arace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2) More importantly, is it possible to prevent a customer from peeking into > said database once it is deployed on their machine? A large part of what > makes my application proprietary is the data model in t

Re: [GENERAL] Deployment of PostgreSQL Applications

2001-08-31 Thread Doug McNaught
"Mike Arace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1) Is it legal to bundle Postgresql with another commercial application, > assuming the database will have to be significantly reconfigured and tuned? > (at the application level, not the source code level) I read over the > licenses I could find on

Re: [GENERAL] Deployment of PostgreSQL Applications

2001-08-31 Thread Mitch Vincent
> 2) More importantly, is it possible to prevent a customer from peeking into > said database once it is deployed on their machine? A large part of what > makes my application proprietary is the data model in the database, and it'd > be tough to maintain a competative edge when everyone can see e

[GENERAL] Deployment of PostgreSQL Applications

2001-08-31 Thread Mike Arace
Hi everyone, I'm working on a (sorry) closed source application which consists of Java servlets, beans, and client applications talking to a postgresql database. Now, lets say I'm interested in bundling this all together and selling it to customers. 2 questions: 1) Is it legal to bundle Pos