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Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL

Jan Wieck <janwieck@yahoo.com>

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From: Jan Wieck <janwieck@yahoo.com>
To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>, mlw <markw@mohawksoft.com>, alavoor <alavoor@yahoo.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-01-21T16:12:48Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, 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.
>
> 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" ...

    Yupp,  it's kinda "I am the only truth and you shall not have
    any other licenses ...", IMHO a little selfish.


Jan

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