On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 8:43 AM, David Johnston <pol...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Where the PostgreSQL license comes into play is if you make alterations to > the PostgreSQL database itself - the underlying engine implemented in C and > to some degree the supporting utilities written in various languages. > Anything contributed to the core PostgreSQL project becomes open-source but > you are permitted to create a commercial port of PostgreSQL with > proprietary > code under terms different from those for the core PostgreSQL project. As > your application is most likely NOT one of these ports I'll stop here. > That my be true for MySQL, but I don't think the applies to PostgreSQL. Several companies have forked PostgreSQL into their own proprietary product. Here's a nice presentation on the subject that was put together by Josh Berkus: http://www.slideshare.net/pgconf/elephant-roads-a-tour-of-postgres-forks -- Regards, Richard Broersma Jr.
