May bad... sometimes it is too easy assuming everything open source is GPL.
Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lamar Owen" <lamar.owen@wgcr.org>
To: "Adam Lang" <aalang@rutgersinsurance.com>
Cc: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] My new job
> Adam Lang wrote:
> > (Actually, under GPL, any modifications of the code have to be free
also,
> > correct?, so it can't really be proprietised unless they make an add-on
that
> > is private... but then postgres can be run and compiled without it).
>
> PostgreSQL is not under the GPL. PostgreSQL has (and always had) a BSD
> license -- which means there is no license restriction on
> 'proprietizing' PostgreSQL code.
>
> > But, as many others have said, the core team seems to have a good hold
on
> > reality and their ethics, so it probably won't come to an issue. :)
>
> This is the real safeguard.
>
> --
> Lamar Owen
> WGCR Internet Radio
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