Re: [GENERAL] Future of PostgreSQL

From: Jose Miguel Pereira Tavares <mtavares(at)student(dot)dei(dot)uc(dot)pt>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Future of PostgreSQL
Date: 1999-12-25 20:07:14
Message-ID: 99122520103500.00975@olimpo
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On Sat, 25 Dec 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> On Sat, 25 Dec 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> The worst thing we could do is to intentionally try to stay less than
>> popular. There's a reason Linux is taking off and *BSD isn't really, and
>> it's not technology. (Sorry, Marc.)
>
>I think everyone can agree with that, including Marc.

As long as it's not like "*BSD has better tech than Linux" kinda thing.

>We certainly have the power to add a license of our own. BSDI has done
>this, as well as many other companies. I don't want to wait until
>things get very busy and then try to address these issues. We may
>decide we don't want to do anything, but I would like to decide that
>now.

I don't quite understand why you think that a license change is neaded.
One of the things that made me into PostgreSQL was exactly it's license.

-------------------- Jose Miguel Pereira Tavares --------------------

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.
-- Friedrich Nietzsche

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