Forbes article on "GPL hit men" mentions PostgreSQL

From: "Ned Lilly" <ned(at)nedscape(dot)com>
To: "PostgreSQL Advocacy" <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Forbes article on "GPL hit men" mentions PostgreSQL
Date: 2003-10-20 14:53:07
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... sort of. As an afterthought to a discussion of the Progress/NuSphere/PeerDirect tussle with MySQL:

"Now he says he is cautious about working with GPL software. Instead, Progress uses an open source database program distributed under the less onerous Berkeley Software Distribution license."

http://www.forbes.com/2003/10/14/cz_dl_1014linksys.html

As the FSF gets more and more ambitious with their GPL enforcement, this further highlights the business-friendly nature of the PostgreSQL BSD license.

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