Re: new food for the contrib/ directory

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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