On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> We carry a BSD license, the archetypal open-source license. While the
> GPL also promotes open-source, ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^
Spot the recipe for disaster :-)
"While the GPL expresses many of our goals,"
> it has certain anti-closed source (proprietary) restrictions. Many
> PostgreSQL developers question the need for such restrictions. We
> like our BSD license and see no need to change it.
I don't really like "Many PostgreSQL developers question
the need for such restrictions." It may be that they do,
but that's not the point; the point is that you don't
want them, not that they are inherently inappropriate
(whether you believe that or not).
Matthew.