{full text of release here} PostgreSQL 8.2 Press Kit
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PostgreSQL's extensible architecture has led to a large community of extensions ranging from additional procedural languages, interfaces to external systems, new index types, and replication and high availability tools that are hosted on the official PostgreSQL community project site. Community projects that have made significant advances in the 8.2 release cycle include:
You can read about the dozens more improvements to 8.2 in the Release Notes.
PostgreSQL uses the BSD license, which only requires that the licensed source code maintain its copyright and licensing information. This OSI-certified license is widely appreciated as flexible and business-friendly, since it does not restrict the use of PostgreSQL with commercial and proprietary applications. Together with multi-company support and public ownership of the code, the BSD license makes PostgreSQL very popular with vendors wanting to embed a database in their own products without fear of fees, vendor lock-in, or changes in licensing terms.
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PostgreSQL Project
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The main PostgreSQL project is enhanced by more than 100 active sub-projects that provide production-quality solutions for replication, migration, compatibility, interoperability, design and graphical administration tools.