Re: [ANNOUNCE] == PostgreSQL Weekly News - April 01 2005 ==

From: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>
To: Peter Childs <blue(dot)dragon(at)blueyonder(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] == PostgreSQL Weekly News - April 01 2005 ==
Date: 2005-04-01 21:04:13
Message-ID: 20050401210413.GD53309@decibel.org
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On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 09:00:15PM +0100, Peter Childs wrote:
> David Fetter wrote:
>
> >== PostgreSQL Weekly News - April 01 2005 ==
> >
> >As of today, the license of PostgreSQL, including all its libraries,
> >is changing from the unfashionable BSD license to the more popular
> >GPL.
> >
> >
>
> Fine I can't see the difference, but have you not got to clear this
> with every developer past and present to get it through.

Nope. You can do anything you want with BSD licensed software, so long
as you maintain the copyright info. GPL restricts what you can do.
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