| From: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
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| To: | Joshua Kramer <josh(at)bitbuckets(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Sixth Draft |
| Date: | 2004-09-02 21:18:52 |
| Message-ID: | 200409021418.52435.josh@agliodbs.com |
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Folks,
> While I like your wording re: who can change the source tree, I think we
> need to step back and ask a philosophical question: what is the purpose of
> this press release? To attract new users. Does talk about who can commit
> to the source tree create a compelling reason to use PostgreSQL over the
> alternatives? I don't think it does. There's also the issue of word
> count; IIRC Josh Berkus said he wanted it around 1000 words, and last time
> I counted it had about 1800. I think we should leave out the details
> about who commits, and just say that it's a BSD license (and explain what
> BSD license entails).
Also keep in mind that the PR will link to a web page, where we can throw in
the kitchen sink in terms of text. So I'd favor any such extraneous
information -- like what BSD licensing means to users -- on the web page but
NOT in the PR. I'm going to need to prune as it is.
--
--Josh
Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco
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