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7 <holder>The PostgreSQL Global Development Group</holder>
11 <title>Legal Notice</title>
14 <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is Copyright © 1996-2002
15 by the PostgreSQL Global Development Group and is distributed under
16 the terms of the license of the University of California below.
20 <productname>Postgres95</productname> is Copyright © 1994-5
21 by the Regents of the University of California.
25 Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and
26 its documentation for any purpose, without fee, and without a
27 written agreement is hereby granted, provided that the above
28 copyright notice and this paragraph and the following two paragraphs
33 IN NO EVENT SHALL THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BE LIABLE TO ANY
34 PARTY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
35 DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
36 SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
37 HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
41 THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES,
42 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
43 MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE SOFTWARE
44 PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS ON AN <quote>AS-IS</quote> BASIS, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF
45 CALIFORNIA HAS NO OBLIGATIONS TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT,
46 UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.
50 How to keep track of all the trademarks? I'll try the strategy used at
55 There is no legal requirement to make trademark acknowledgements in
56 references to third party products that happen to have trademarked
59 The exception would be if <productname>PostgreSQL</>
60 were to license a particular
61 trademark and the trademark holder makes this requirement (as in the
62 case of UNIX and Java).
64 What is not allowed, however, is to use a trademark name in a way that
65 could lead people to believe that they label <productname>PostgreSQL</> products.
66 E.g., "the <productname>PostgreSQL</> UNIX database system" would probably be illegal,
67 whereas "<productname>PostgreSQL</>, which runs on many UNIX computer systems" is
68 fine. This is independent of whether a trademark acknowledgement is
74 <acronym>Unix</acronym> is a trademark of X/Open, Ltd. Sun4, SPARC, SunOS
75 and Solaris are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. DEC,
76 DECstation, Alpha AXP and ULTRIX are trademarks of Compaq, formerly Digital
77 Equipment Corp. PA-RISC and HP-UX are trademarks of
78 Hewlett-Packard Co. OSF/1 is a trademark of the Open
85 All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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