Re: PHP stuff

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Bruno Wolff III wrote:
>> Just because the licenses are compatible, doesn't necessarily mean you
>> can safely sign over the copyrights for documentation that you don't hold.
>> If PHP holds the copyright they can relicense the documentation later under
>> a license that may not be compatible with BSD.

> Uh, but that's what the BSD license allows --- relicensing as any other
> license, including commercial.

The point remains that Chris, by himself, does not hold the copyright on
the PG docs and therefore cannot assign it to anyone.

ISTM the PHP guys are essentially saying that they will only take stuff
that is clearly authored by the individual contributor.  Which is a good
safe position for them to take.  They are trying to stay out of gray
areas, and therefore they are not going to want docs that are just
cut-and-pasted from community property.
        regards, tom lane