Re: [HACKERS] Copyright

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> This came down with my latest update and confused me quite a bit:
> 
> * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2000, PostgreSQL, Inc
> 
> Since when do *they* own the copyright? Whatever happened to the good old
> PostgreSQL Global Development Group? Assigning the copyright of an open
> source project to a commercial entity is something unprecedented, and
> quite frankly (without having anything at all against PostgreSQL, Inc) I
> am not so excited about it.

That is what I was told by Marc.  If we want to discuss it, go ahead. 
Such a change was planned in late December, though there was no
discussion who gets the copyright.  I believe he used PostgreSQL Inc.
because it is a legal entity, vs. the development team, which is not.

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