Alexandre Dulaunoy wrote:
> > Not open for discussion.  See the FAQ.
> 
> I love that type of respond ;-)
> 
> Yes, I have read the faq. The 1.2 is not responding why the modified  
> Berkeley-style BSD license was choosen. There is only a respond :"because 
> is like that..." 
> 
> I have also read that : 
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2000-07/msg00210.php
> 
> My question is more regarding the recent issue of RF license for some 
> specific patents. As described in my previous message, "copyleft" type 
> license has some advantages around the RF licensing issue. 

Yes, GPL has advantages, but it does prevent non-source distributions. 
You can say that is not a problem, but not everyone agrees.

> Could you extend the FAQ (1.2) with more arguments ? 

No.  The discussion thread was painful enough.  :-)

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