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 200201211859.g0LIxd328352@candle.pha.pa.us
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Responses Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL  (Jason Earl <jason.earl@simplot.com>)
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> >         3) encourages BSD license usage
>
> And here it is! As hidden as this is, it is the problem. I do not think
> you have unanimous agreement, else these arguments would not keep coming
> up. As long as you are "promoting" BSD you will invite vigorous debate
> with the GPL camp. For the sake of the peace and respect for the GPL
> camp, I think the politics and religion of license should be relegated
> to personal opinion.

I merely meant that we should show BSD as a viable license, rather than
make excuses for it by saying it was chosen by someone long ago.  We
_do_ need to promote it within our own source tree.

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