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Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

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From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: mlw <markw@mohawksoft.com>
Cc: alavoor <alavoor@yahoo.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-01-21T04:51:59Z
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mlw wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > 
> > We currently have a BSD license, the archetypal open-source license.
> > The GPL is similar to BSD, except that it has certain anti-closed source
> > (proprietary) restrictions.  Many PostgreSQL developers question the
> > need for such restrictions and we therefore will continue with the BSD
> > license for the for-seeable future.
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^

It is actually spelled "foreseeable".

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