| From: | David Terrell <dbt(at)meat(dot)net> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Brent Verner <brent(at)rcfile(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL |
| Date: | 2002-01-21 08:16:06 |
| Message-ID: | 20020121001605.C24558@pianosa.catch22.org |
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On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 02:04:21AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> This is the "viral" aspect of GPL that so many people have complained of.
>
> But wait a sec; the last thing we need here is yet another license
> discussion. Given that the objective of this FAQ addition is to prevent
> future license flamewars, I think the last thing we want it to do is
> give any suggestion that GPL-izing the code might actually be feasible.
> Why are you so eager to suggest that that might be possible?
Truth is useful, even if unpleasant.
Dave, happy with BSD.
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