[License-discuss] Please change prelude on The PostgreSQL License

[Karl Fogel]

Josh Berkus <josh at postgresql.org> writes:
>The current "prelude" on The PostgreSQL License says:
>
>"This is a template license. The body of the license starts at the end
>of this paragraph. To use it, say that it is The PostgreSQL License, and
>then substitute the copyright year and name of the copyright holder into
>the body of the license. Then put the license into a file called
>"LICENSE" in your software distribution."
>
>http://opensource.org/licenses/PostgreSQL
>
>Thing is, in PostgreSQL itself, the file is called "COPYRIGHT", and
>there's no requirement in the license that it have any particular name.
>
>I suggest changing it to:
>
>This is a template license. The body of the license starts at the end of
>this paragraph. To use it, say that it is The PostgreSQL License, and
>then substitute the copyright year and name of the copyright holder into
>the body of the license. Then put the license into a file in your
>software distribution.

Done -- thanks Josh.  I used a slightly different wording, to give some
examples of what that file is usually called, but basically it's the
change you suggest above.

CC'ing license-discuss@ so they know.

Best,
-Karl