| From: | Michael Dean <mdean(at)sourceview(dot)com> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL committer history? |
| Date: | 2006-04-24 17:38:12 |
| Message-ID: | 444D0D04.1070704@sourceview.com |
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Dirk Riehle wrote:
>
>> Thanks! What's out there in terms of economics research has largely
>> been compiled here:
>>
>> http://opensource.mit.edu
>>
>> Maybe not coincidentely, that site is maintained by the
>> aforementioned Karim Lakhani.
>>
>
> Can anyone point to the PostgreSQL-releted papers on that web site?
>
>
I believe this site is important for another reason. I seem to recall
at least one master's thesis analyzed all sourceforge projects and
concluded on the basis of empirical data that BSD/Apache/MIT licenses
(re:least restrictive licenses) produce more successful projects faster
than the GPL, which kind of acts as a contrapuntal serenade to recent
Linux Journal meanderings.
Michael L. Dean
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