| From: | Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com> |
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| To: | Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL |
| Date: | 2002-01-22 04:49:57 |
| Message-ID: | 3C4CEF75.8070106@pacifier.com |
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Gavin Sherry wrote:
> Something as simple as 'Changing postgres to another license has already
> been discussed at length over the years. See the following urls' would
> help. After all, it seems that the frequently asked question 'Why isn't
> Postgres GPL'd?' not 'Why is Postgres released under a BSD License?'
Simple answer: "because Postgres and the BSD license predates the GPL."
I think that's correct and it's even relevant, no?
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Don Baccus
Portland, OR
http://donb.photo.net, http://birdnotes.net, http://openacs.org
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