Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com>, Brent Verner <brent(at)rcfile(dot)org>, 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 21:40:56
Message-ID: 200201212140.g0LLeuu15605@candle.pha.pa.us
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OK, I have worked with Vince, our webmaster, to merge our two versions
into one paragraph that everyone, hopefully, will like. It is below.
It would be added to the bottom of FAQ item 1.2:

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The above is the BSD license, the classic open-source license. While the
GPL has similar goals, PostgreSQL developers find the restrictions
imposed by the GPL to be unacceptable. Since the BSD license has no
such restrictions, we like it and have no intention of changing it.

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