Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL
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Msg-id 200201211713.g0LHDiZ18067@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL  (Ned Wolpert <ned.wolpert@knowledgenet.com>)
Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL  (Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>)
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OK, here is merged wording of my version and Vince's.  It keeps the
"reach out the hand" phrase, but ends with a clear statement that no
license changes are desired.

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We carry a BSD license, the archetypal open-source license.  While the
GPL has similar goals, it also has "closed source" (proprietary)
restrictions.  Many PostgreSQL developers are uncomfortable with such
restrictions.  The PostgreSQL project has no intention of modifying its
existing license.

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