---
title: PostgreSQL License
spdx-id: PostgreSQL

description: A very short, BSD-style license, used specifically for PostgreSQL.

how: Create a text file (typically named LICENSE or LICENSE.txt) in the root of your source code and copy the text of the license into the file. Replace [year] with the current year and [fullname] with the name (or names) of the copyright holders.

using:
  pgBadger: https://github.com/darold/pgbadger/blob/master/LICENSE
  pgAdmin: https://github.com/postgres/pgadmin4/blob/master/LICENSE
  .NET Access to PostgreSQL: https://github.com/npgsql/npgsql/blob/main/LICENSE

permissions:
  - commercial-use
  - modifications
  - distribution
  - private-use

conditions:
  - include-copyright

limitations:
  - liability
  - warranty

---

PostgreSQL License

Copyright (c) [year], [fullname]

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose, without fee, and without a written agreement is
hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph
and the following two paragraphs appear in all copies.

IN NO EVENT SHALL [fullname] BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT,
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, ARISING
OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF [fullname]
HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

[fullname] SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,
AND [fullname] HAS NO OBLIGATIONS TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES,
ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.