On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Thomas Lockhart wrote:
> > The above is the BSD license, the classic open-source license. While the
> > GPL has similar goals, PostgreSQL developers find the restrictions
> > imposed by the GPL to be unacceptable. Since the BSD license has no
> > such restrictions, we like it and have no intention of changing it.
>
> *I* don't find GPL unacceptable. Some of my favorite software (present
> company excepted of course) has it. But I am and have always been
> satisfied that the BSD license (predating GPL as Don points out) serves
> Postgres and PostgreSQL just fine.
And now you know why I wanted the word "many" in there.
Vince.
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