>
> After seeing the "Welcome to psql 8.0.0beta3, the PostgreSQL
> interactive terminal." message, I finally got irritated
> enough at it to try and figure out how to silence it without
> using the -q option to psql(1). The attached (trivial) patch
> fixes said problem so that one can add "\set QUIET" to their
> ~/.psqlrc and have psql not print out their favorite database
> shell greeting.
>
> This patch, while a feature (albeit minor), is low risk and
> I'd love to see it added to 8.X. :) -sc
Won't that violate the BSD licence?
... John