Re: contrib/pg_filedump - PostgreSQL File Dump Utility

Hi All,

Seems that I opened up a interesting can of worms with my little
submission.  I guess sooner or later it was going to happen.

Anyway... as I mentioned before, the utility is part of the RHDB
Tools/Utility component.  Red Hat's preferred license is GPL
and as such, the utility is licensed under GPL as it is not part
of PostgreSQL proper.  I found the utility handy while looking at
data problems and thought other developers would too.

When looking at the contrib directory, I noted that there where
GPL contributions and I couldn't find a disclaimer that all
contributions had to be BSD. So, I sent it in for consideration.

For what it's worth, I think the best route to take is as follows:

. Reject/withdraw my contrib request (I will make it available to
  the community at http://sources.redhat.com/rhdb)

. Have the Steering Committee decide whether all contrib
  packages have to adhere to the BSD license.
  . If they do, ask the contributors to re-license under BSD.
    For those that refuse, remove them from the contrib directory.
  . If contrib doesn't require BSD, I'll resubmit.

. Display the decision on the contrib section of the website
  so we don't have to spend time spinning on this issue again.

Cheers,
Patrick


Justin Clift wrote:
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> Do you mind re-licensing this with the BSD license for us?
>
> :-)
>
> Regards and best wishes,
>
> Justin Clift
>
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> >
> > Tom Lane writes:
> >
> > > I do have concerns about including these six contrib modules in our
> > > distribution, however.  It could be argued that the terms of the GPL
> > > forbid that.
> >
> > That is one thing.  Another concern is that it confuses the general
> > public.  People have certain expectations when it comes to PostgreSQL
> > code, and if every little subdirectory has its own license it just becomes
> > annoying.
> >
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Patrick Macdonald
Red Hat Canada