Re: PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL

Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org> writes:
> I've always considered it a point of recognition that we retain the
> licensing that Berkeley was kind enough to give us. It *is* one of the
> great licenses in the history of open software.

Agreed entirely.

> So why are we having to justify it?

We're not "justifying" it; we're trying to compose a FAQ entry that
might stave off a few askings of this all-too-frequently-asked question.
FAQs exist to save people time, not to "justify" things. And this
issue certainly has come up often enough to merit a FAQ entry.

Basically, I think we want a reasonably polite version of "it's been
discussed, it's been agreed to, it's not open to further discussion;
now go away" ...

regards, tom lane