Re: Re: [HACKERS] My new job

On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Adam Lang wrote:

> May bad... sometimes it is too easy assuming everything open source is GPL.

what a narrow view on open source ... most core internet open source
software is *not* GPL ... sendmail, INN, bind, isc-dhcp, apache, X11Rn,
etc ...

>
> Adam Lang
> Systems Engineer
> Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lamar Owen" <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>
> To: "Adam Lang" <aalang(at)rutgersinsurance(dot)com>
> Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 10:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] My new job
>
>
> > Adam Lang wrote:
> > > (Actually, under GPL, any modifications of the code have to be free
> also,
> > > correct?, so it can't really be proprietised unless they make an add-on
> that
> > > is private... but then postgres can be run and compiled without it).
> >
> > PostgreSQL is not under the GPL. PostgreSQL has (and always had) a BSD
> > license -- which means there is no license restriction on
> > 'proprietizing' PostgreSQL code.
> >
> > > But, as many others have said, the core team seems to have a good hold
> on
> > > reality and their ethics, so it probably won't come to an issue. :)
> >
> > This is the real safeguard.
> >
> > --
> > Lamar Owen
> > WGCR Internet Radio
> > 1 Peter 4:11
>
>

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