Hi all thanks, I meant maybe I create a web app with PostgreSQL that work locally for example for a pharmacy that stores data by barcode while the DB was created by PostgreSQL how I can sell the Database for him, how to deliver the product to him can I sell the package that contains web app files with PostgreSQL software and the database code?
On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 2:23 AM Andreas Joseph Krogh <andr...@visena.com> wrote: > På onsdag 18. september 2019 kl. 01:07:41, skrev Rob Sargent < > robjsarg...@gmail.com>: > > > > > On Sep 17, 2019, at 4:18 PM, Andreas Joseph Krogh <andr...@visena.com> > wrote: > > På tirsdag 17. september 2019 kl. 22:55:02, skrev Peter J. Holzer < > hjp-pg...@hjp.at>: > > On 2019-09-17 14:56:30 +0300, Ashkar Dev wrote: > > but it is saying (without fee) > > if I create a database with it to work with Web Application if want to > sell it > > so the buyer must have the PostgreSQL installed in his device to work > offline > > right? > > "Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its > > documentation for any purpose, without fee, and without a written > agreement is > > hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this > paragraph and > > the following two paragraphs appear in all copies." > > This means that you don't have to pay a fee or sign a written agreement > to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation > for any purpose. It doesn't say that you can't charge a fee for > distributing (although why anybody would pay you for something they can > download themselves for free I don't know). > > hp > > > A rule of thumb is - you can do anything you want with it (the PG software > inc. its source), except claim you wrote it, as long as you preserve the > original license-file(s). > > > I take it that the OP has an app/dataset on top of PG he/she wishes to > market (and protect). Perfectly legit, no? Not clear if there is a desire > to disable direct db access. > > > That seems perfectly legit. I'm not sure what "to work offline" means, but > using PG for whatever commercial purposes is totally fine, given the > license-requirement above. > > -- > *Andreas Joseph Krogh* > CTO / Partner - Visena AS > Mobile: +47 909 56 963 > andr...@visena.com > www.visena.com > <https://www.visena.com> > >
