Re: license cleanup

From: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: license cleanup
Date: 2004-10-04 15:10:33
Message-ID: 20041004120952.V10913@ganymede.hub.org
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On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> Neil Conway wrote:
>> Attached is a patch that replaces src/port/{strtol.c,strtoul.c} with
>> versions derived from current NetBSD CVS sources, which has a
>> 3-clause BSD license.
>
> In my opinion, this is a completely pointless exercise in replacing
> perfectly good code with code that we didn't know until today. Not
> during beta please.

Oh good, I feared it was just me that thought that this seemed like a 'not
so good' idea :(

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