Re: Linux trademark and PostgreSQL - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: Linux trademark and PostgreSQL
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Msg-id 43063AFC.5060609@commandprompt.com
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In response to Re: Linux trademark and PostgreSQL  ("Lance Obermeyer" <LObermey@pervasive.com>)
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>  Whether the licensor (e.g. the owner of the mark) is a private individual or the "PostgreSQL Foundation" is not
relevantfrom the perspective of the licensee.  That is a separate question. 
>
> Pervasive is interested in becoming a formal licensee of the mark.  Just to be clear, we have no desire to be the
exclusivelicensee.   

> We believe that the bar to becoming a licensee of the mark should be low, just as the bar to using the software is.
Wewould  

>contribute to the creation of a licensing contract, up to assisting in the creation of a PostgreSQL Mark Institute as
thelicensing vehicle if that is what makes the most sense.    

I believe using the PostgreSQL Foundation for this is the most appropriate.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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