Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> The above is the BSD license, the classic open-source license. While the
> GPL has similar goals,

BSD and GPL licences don't have similar goals. You'll get a lot of mail saying
this, if you publish such a phrase.

Just say BSD is the licence used by PostgreSQL. Let people make their own idea
of why and for what things are the way they are. This way, it'll be *way* much
ecological.

I, for instance, learned to accept the fact that PG is BSD-licensed, which also
helped me understand the nature of BSD. But it took time. It is not suitable for
a FAQ.

I remember a very enlightening sentence months ago in this list, which said the
intention behind the licencing scheme was "do whatever you want with this
software, but do it under your own responsibility, don't blame the authors"

Regards,
Haroldo.