Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL

Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > > 3) encourages BSD license usage
> >
> > And here it is! As hidden as this is, it is the problem. I do not think
> > you have unanimous agreement, else these arguments would not keep coming
> > up. As long as you are "promoting" BSD you will invite vigorous debate
> > with the GPL camp. For the sake of the peace and respect for the GPL
> > camp, I think the politics and religion of license should be relegated
> > to personal opinion.
>
> I merely meant that we should show BSD as a viable license, rather than
> make excuses for it by saying it was chosen by someone long ago. We
> _do_ need to promote it within our own source tree.

I just hopped over to PHP, and here is thier explanation:

Q. Why is PHP 4 not dual-licensed under the GNU General Public License
(GPL) like PHP 3 was?

A. GPL enforces many restrictions on what can and cannot be done with
the licensed code. The PHP developers decided to release PHP under a
much more loose license (Apache-style), to help PHP become as popular as
possible.