| From: | Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au> |
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| To: | Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL |
| Date: | 2002-01-22 06:49:06 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.21.0201221746210.31489-100000@linuxworld.com.au |
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On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Don Baccus wrote:
> 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?
I wasn't asking the question personally =) but rather discussing the kind
of being being asked by people interested in Postgres's licensing and the
way it would be most adequately answered.
Gavin
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