Re: License clarification: BSD vs MIT

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
To: Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: License clarification: BSD vs MIT
Date: 2009-10-27 11:07:35
Message-ID: 937d27e10910270407u1eaafaf6h472aad9f5e72e9c9@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org> wrote:
> dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org (Dave Page) writes:
>> As Tom says though, the effect this has on users is zero. The licence
>> is still the same as its always been, regardless of what we say it is
>> based on or looks like.
>
> There may be a fairly miniscule one...
>
> There do exist "GPL zealots" that bash, as "not free" (in the sense
> that people are doubtless well aware of), stuff licensed under a "BSD
> license."

Having run into such people before, I was going to make some
obsersations on that comment, but on second though I think such
endangerment of one's own life is reckless and unnecessary :-p

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Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
PGDay.EU 2009 Conference: http://2009.pgday.eu/start

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