Jan Wieck wrote: > Greg Stark wrote: > > > Jan Wieck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> the point is that PostgreSQL is no GNU product, never has been and if someone > >> intends to he shall do so after yanking out the contributions I made. > > > > Note that when you released your contributions you did so under a license that > > imposed no such conditions. If Microsoft wanted to release a Microsoft > > Postgresql under a completely proprietary license they would be free to do so. > > Likewise if someone wanted to release a GPL'd "GNU Postgresql" they could do > > it. And nobody could force either to yank anyone's code. > > I released my contributions under the BSD license. A license change is > only possible when accepted by the Copyright holder. I might have missed > something, but when did Microsoft get the Copyright of my code?
We allow companies to make commercial versions of PostgreSQL that use a proprietary license, so I don't see you could prevent Microsoft from doing the same. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
