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Re: PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: lockhart@fourpalms.org
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-01-22T15:38:43Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org> writes:
> 1) Q: Why does PostgreSQL have a BSD license?
>    A: PostgreSQL was developed at Berkeley and open-sourced under the
> BSD license. That license has served us well over many years.

> 2) Q: Why does PostgreSQL not have a GPL license?
>    A: See (1)

Not bad, but I'd add one more sentence:

2) Q: Why does PostgreSQL not have a GPL license?
   A: See (1).  It would be very difficult to change licenses,
      and we see no need to.

			regards, tom lane