Re: Announce: GPL Framework centered on Postgres

On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 02:07:50PM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> >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. :)
>
> public domain ;)

Isn't a license, really. :)
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