On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Russell Keith-Magee <[email protected] > wrote:
> > This is deeply concerning -- from my initial inspection of the code, it's > pretty clear that the NuoDB backend has been substantially copied from > Django's postgresql_psycopg2 backend. > > The code in the Django postgresql_psycogpy2 backend, like all of Django, > is covered by Django's BSD license, which requires attribution of the > copyright to: > > Copyright (c) Django Software Foundation and individual contributors. > All rights reserved. > > The DSF takes this copyright very seriously. While I'm enthusiastic about > the prospect of a new database supporting Django, that can't be at the cost > of the Django community losing it's intellectual property rights. Lindsey > -- I'll be in touch shortly in my capacity as DSF President to discuss this > issue. > Good news -- I contacted NuoDB, and they responded quickly to correct the oversight. The LICENSE file for the NuoDB Django backend [1] now acknowledges the original copyright of the Django contributors. [1] https://github.com/nuodb/nuodb-django/blob/master/LICENSE Yours, Russ Magee %-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
