| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | mlw <markw(at)mohawksoft(dot)com> |
| Cc: | alavoor <alavoor(at)yahoo(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL |
| Date: | 2002-01-21 04:51:59 |
| Message-ID: | 200201210451.g0L4pxG22043@candle.pha.pa.us |
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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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