Questions about PostgreSQL Setup License

[DUBILLOT Aurelien]

Hello,

I read on your website that PostgreSQL source code is free for use and modification, but in my case I am working on a project where we are generating our own setup and we would like to integrate PostgreSQL setup within it.

Are we also allowed to do that ?

Thanks in advance for your response,
Yours sincerely,

Aurélien DUBILLOT
Ingénieur Développement
Software System Engineering / Nantes
THALES Services S.A.S

[Peter Geoghegan]

On 14 March 2013 16:42, DUBILLOT Aurelien

Post by DUBILLOT Aurelien
Are we also allowed to do that ?

Why are you posting this to the -bugs mailing list?

The answer is yes, though IANAL, and that does not constitute legal
advice. However, there are a number of fairly prominent full
commercial forks, so I think you're safe.

[Daniel Farina]

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 9:42 AM, DUBILLOT Aurelien

Post by DUBILLOT Aurelien
I read on your website that PostgreSQL source code is free for use and
modification, but in my case I am working on a project where we are
generating our own setup and we would like to integrate PostgreSQL setup
within it.

This isn't really a bug, but...

Yes. You are allowed to do that. Just include a file with the
PostgreSQL license and copyright. This is how I did it for a derived
work:

"""

Copyright (c) 2012-2013, Heroku
All rights reserved.

Portions are derived from the PostgreSQL Project. The copyright for
those can be found in POSTGRES-COPYRIGHT. Otherwise, the license is
as follows:
"""

The license I have chosen is afterwards. POSTGRES-COPYRIGHT is just a
copy of the postgres COPYRIGHT file.

(https://github.com/fdr/pg_logfebe/ if you are curious)

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fdr