From: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
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To: | Brent Verner <brent(at)rcfile(dot)org> |
Cc: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, mlw <markw(at)mohawksoft(dot)com>, alavoor <alavoor(at)yahoo(dot)com>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL |
Date: | 2002-01-21 14:04:25 |
Message-ID: | 20020121100414.I91444-100000@earth.hub.org |
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I'd get rid of the 'foreseeable future' part myself ...
On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Brent Verner wrote:
> [2002-01-20 23:43] Bruce Momjian said:
>
> | At the great risk of causing chaos, let me chime in on this. First, in
>
> | However, we clearly don't have unanimous agreement on using GPL so I
> | would like to address this in an FAQ item to get it more concrete. What
> | do people think of this summary:
>
> | The GPL is similar to BSD, except that it has certain anti-closed source
> | (proprietary) restrictions.
>
> Calling the two licenses "similar" is only an invitation to engage
> in license war. I'd suggest something like the following (as long
> as it doesn't contain any factual errors).
>
> The PostgreSQL project has released its code under the BSD
> license since its inception. Occasionally, users request that
> the project be relicensed under the GPL. Many PostgreSQL
> developers feel the GPL contains certain restrictions that
> might limit the ability of commercial entities to contribute
> or continue contributing to the codebase, and question the
> need for such restrictions. In light of these concerns, we
> will continue with the BSD license for the foreseeable future.
>
> cheers.
> brent
>
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