| From: | Matthew Kirkwood <matthew(at)hairy(dot)beasts(dot)org> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Brent Verner <brent(at)rcfile(dot)org>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL |
| Date: | 2002-01-21 14:16:37 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.33.0201211409520.29759-100000@sphinx.mythic-beasts.com |
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On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> We carry a BSD license, the archetypal open-source license. While the
> GPL also promotes open-source,
^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^
Spot the recipe for disaster :-)
"While the GPL expresses many of our goals,"
> it has certain anti-closed source (proprietary) restrictions. Many
> PostgreSQL developers question the need for such restrictions. We
> like our BSD license and see no need to change it.
I don't really like "Many PostgreSQL developers question
the need for such restrictions." It may be that they do,
but that's not the point; the point is that you don't
want them, not that they are inherently inappropriate
(whether you believe that or not).
Matthew.
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