| From: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | Florian Weimer <fw(at)deneb(dot)enyo(dot)de> |
| Cc: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Kenneth Downs <ken(at)secdat(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Announce: GPL Framework centered on Postgres |
| Date: | 2006-05-22 21:06:12 |
| Message-ID: | 20060522210612.GT64371@pervasive.com |
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On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 07:25:09AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Joshua D. Drake:
>
> >>> Sounds great! But why GPL? Are you looking to sell licenses?
> >> GPL is to spread it as far and wide as possible as fast as possible.
> >
> > LGPL?
> >
> > My concern would be, I can't use this toolkit for a closed source
> > application if it is GPL.
>
> Closed source? It's a PHP framework. 8-)
>
> Anyway, for a web application, the GPL is usually *less* restrictive
> than various BSD license variants because you do not need to mention
> the software in the end user documentation. The viral aspect of the
The BSD license requires no such thing. It only requires that you
maintain the notice in the code. I challenge you to find a less
restrictive license. :)
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