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Re: PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL

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

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From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: lockhart@fourpalms.org, Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>, Brent Verner <brent@rcfile.org>, mlw <markw@mohawksoft.com>, alavoor <alavoor@yahoo.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-01-22T20:24:50Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I am starting to agree with Thomas and others --- why mention the GPL at
> all.  How about this.  (Again to appear at the bottom of FAQ item 1.2):
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> The above is the BSD license, the classic open-source license. It has no
> restrictions on how the source code may be used.  We like it and have no
> intention of changing it.

OK, no one is violently ill at the above wording so I will add it to the
bottom of FAQ item 1.2 until some better wording comes along.  :-)

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