From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Alexandre Dulaunoy <adulau(at)conostix(dot)com> |
Cc: | Doug McNaught <doug(at)wireboard(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: new food for the contrib/ directory |
Date: | 2002-04-18 15:53:35 |
Message-ID: | 200204181553.g3IFrZP13338@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Alexandre Dulaunoy wrote:
> > Not open for discussion. See the FAQ.
>
> I love that type of respond ;-)
>
> Yes, I have read the faq. The 1.2 is not responding why the modified
> Berkeley-style BSD license was choosen. There is only a respond :"because
> is like that..."
>
> I have also read that :
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2000-07/msg00210.php
>
> My question is more regarding the recent issue of RF license for some
> specific patents. As described in my previous message, "copyleft" type
> license has some advantages around the RF licensing issue.
Yes, GPL has advantages, but it does prevent non-source distributions.
You can say that is not a problem, but not everyone agrees.
> Could you extend the FAQ (1.2) with more arguments ?
No. The discussion thread was painful enough. :-)
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