Jim C. Nasby wrote: > On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 09:00:15PM +0100, Peter Childs wrote: > > David Fetter wrote: > > > > >== PostgreSQL Weekly News - April 01 2005 == > > > > > >As of today, the license of PostgreSQL, including all its libraries, > > >is changing from the unfashionable BSD license to the more popular > > >GPL. > > > > > > > > > > Fine I can't see the difference, but have you not got to clear this > > with every developer past and present to get it through. > > Nope. You can do anything you want with BSD licensed software, so long > as you maintain the copyright info. GPL restricts what you can do.
Yea, I guess so. If companies can make a closed-source version of PostgreSQL, someone could do a GPL version. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]