On 12/7/2007 10:48 AM, jwdawso wrote:
> Hi all! I'm a complete novice as far as Slony-I. Is there a license required
> to use Slony-I? If I'm developing a system and selling it that uses Slony-I,
> do I need to acknowledge using Slony-I? I'm not trying to get out of
> something, I just want to make sure I do the correct thing.

Like Postgres, Slony is distributed under the non-advertising BSD 
license. Under those terms you are absolutely allowed to include it in 
your own, commercial products without acknowledgment.

I am not a lawyer, but as far as I know there is a downside to including 
BSD licensed software into a commercial bundle. The software you sell is 
subject to liability and therefore, you will be liable for the included 
software. Since you got the software under the BSD license, there is 
nobody you can hold liable in turn, so if Slony eats a customers data, 
the problem is yours. As said, I am not a lawyer. You might want to get 
some professional legal counsel on that matter.


Jan

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