Re: PostgreSQL and Objective-C

FROM : p3consulting
DATE : Sat Apr 16 21:44:15 2005

Le 16 avr., 2005, à 21:04, The Karl Adam a écrit :

> You do realize that large GPL projects normally have lots of authors,
> committers, and patches submitted to them? You also realize that you
> need to track down each and every one of these original authors to get
> their express permission or terms for any code they have contributed
> in order to be clear of the GPL?
>
> This is of course assuming the project has a list of all the
> submitters that put in effort to create the work that you want access
> to. The GPL applies to all submissions to a GPL project so if you can
> not secure the permission of even one person you cannot use that
> product. The APSL expressly includes terms for the annotation of
> author and contact info for patches and changesets to allow you to
> more easily track people down for this sort of thing. Those provisions
> exist in order to avoid that GPL mess.
>
> Lastly, even if you track down every person that ever contributed code
> to that product, there is no guarantee they will allow want to allow
> you use of their work, nor is there anything that says the terms that
> any of them will agree to are what you would consider fair.  So while
> he might have overstated(probably from experience) you are
> understating completely by saying it is *merely* a small issue of
> asking.
>


You interpret my post:
I don't say anywhere it's a small issue (and again this is a project
specific problem... no general rule),
I just say: it's not because you have to ask that you have to pay
"obscene" fees...
(define obscene...)

And regarding more specifically PostgreSQL-related tools:

GDL2: 3 authors
ARJDatabase 2 authors
pgsqlcocoa 1 author





Pascal Pochet
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