Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL

Don Baccus <dhogaza@pacifier.com>

From: Don Baccus <dhogaza@pacifier.com>
To:
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-01-22T15:59:44Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Bruce Momjian wrote:


> The above is the BSD license, the classic open-source license. It has no
> restrictions on how the source code may be used.  We like it and have no
> intention of changing it.


Much better.   I personally think that mentioning the historical 
connection (i.e. code developed at Berkeley, released under BSD) would 
help quelch the "why not change?" questions.  At least I think it makes 
a simple answer to such questions.  If someone doesn't think that it is 
  important to respect the license under which the early developers 
released their code, that's a clue that they're not clueful enough to 
bother talking to, isn't it?


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Don Baccus
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