Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL
Ned Wolpert <ned.wolpert@knowledgenet.com>
From: Ned Wolpert <ned.wolpert@knowledgenet.com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Brent Verner <brent@rcfile.org>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-01-21T20:46:52Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Mon, 2002-01-21 at 09:42, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > As a PostgreSQL developer, I don't agree with the statement you made for > another reason: It implies that there is something better about the GPL > and we have to justify ourselves for not using it. We don't. We give > away the code we write with no strings attached, and anyone who wants to > question that has to come up with better arguments than I've heard so far. I agree with Peter here. There is no need to justify the license schema with PostgreSQL. However, I think people need to be clear (via FAQ, Readme, anything with a URL that we can point to people) so that when this question comes up, we simply direct them there and say, basically, "its a non-discusionable" -- Virtually, Ned Wolpert <ned.wolpert@knowledgenet.com> D08C2F45: 28E7 56CB 58AC C622 5A51 3C42 8B2B 2739 D08C 2F45