Re: Berkeley DB license terms (was Re: Proposal...) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Michael A. Olson
Subject Re: Berkeley DB license terms (was Re: Proposal...)
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Msg-id 200005160204.TAA56298@triplerock.olsons.net
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In response to Re: Berkeley DB license terms (was Re: Proposal...)  ("Michael A. Olson" <mao@sleepycat.com>)
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At 11:52 AM 5/16/00 +1000, Chris Bitmead wrote:

> That's no different to GPL. One is always free to negotiate with the
> author a fee to not have to abide the standard licence. Out of
> curiousity, any reason you didn't just use the GPL as-is since it is the
> same idea?

Berkeley DB already carried the University of California copyright,
and we couldn't remove it or the conditions it imposed.  We'd have
preferred the GPL but we'd have had to craft a more complicated and
newer license the preserved the UC terms and the GNU terms.
                mike



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