| From: | mlw <markw(at)mohawksoft(dot)com> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | alavoor <alavoor(at)yahoo(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL |
| Date: | 2002-01-21 04:47:35 |
| Message-ID: | 3C4B9D67.38F1D316@mohawksoft.com |
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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.
You are a talented man with a knack for simplifying the imponderables. ;-)
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