Re: proposed improvements to PostgreSQL license

From: JanWieck(at)t-online(dot)de (Jan Wieck)
To: Ron Peterson <rpeterson(at)yellowbank(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: proposed improvements to PostgreSQL license
Date: 2000-07-05 20:54:43
Message-ID: 200007052054.WAA11989@hot.jw.home
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Ron Peterson wrote:

> your software to make any concessions?". Of course you do. The
> question is just what concessions do you require before granting use of
> your product. Any statement to the effect that BSD is "really free" is
> just navel gazing mumbo jumbo.

Good points - alot of. Just that the above has a little flaw.

We're not discussing "what concessions" the END-USER has to
make before USING it. We ask "what restrictions" does a
license apply to a DEVELOPER?

Jan

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