Re: Re: [GENERAL] Revised Copyright: is this morepalatable? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Chris Bitmead
Subject Re: Re: [GENERAL] Revised Copyright: is this morepalatable?
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Msg-id 3962C460.E8DF5E00@nimrod.itg.telecom.com.au
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In response to Revised Copyright: is this more palatable?  (The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>)
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Philip Warner wrote:

> My legal advice is that, assuming they knew it was a BSD project, they
> can't take it out of PostgreSQL. But you could, for example, stop Microsoft
> using your compression code in one of their products. The new license
> removes this right from you.

Why wouldn't MS be able to take the code and use it while abiding by its
terms and conditions?

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