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Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL

Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org>

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From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: mlw <markw@mohawksoft.com>, alavoor <alavoor@yahoo.com>, <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-01-21T14:03:09Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:

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> 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.

GPL is kinda 'anti-open source' too, IMHO ... it puts restrictions on what
you can do with the source code, so it isn't *really* "free to do with as
you wish" ...