From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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To: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> |
Cc: | Florian Weimer <fw(at)deneb(dot)enyo(dot)de>, 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 21:07:50 |
Message-ID: | 44722826.7020200@commandprompt.com |
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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 ;)
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