Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL
Date
Msg-id 200201211724.g0LHOXO19024@candle.pha.pa.us
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Responses Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL  ("Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>)
Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL  (Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>)
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> It's really noone's business why any of us dislike it.  My reasons may
> or may not be different than yours which may/may not be different from
> Marc's, and so on.  Why try to summarize everyone's feelings when it's
> unnecessary.  My statement never said that we just don't like it, it
> was clear that many of the developers were uncomfortable with its
> restrictions.  Break it down.  What are "many of the developers"
> uncomfortable with?  The GPL's restrictions.  What's not clear about
> that?  It didn't say "many of the developers just don't like it", that
> would border on confrontational.  You're not going to change the minds
> of those that favor GPL just as you're not going to change the minds
> of those that prefer BSD.

Isn't it the restrictions on proprietary use that we dislike?  Seems we
should say that in there.

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