Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > I have added to the developer's FAQ that we don't want > > non-BSD-compatible licensed patches: > > > > <li>PostgreSQL is licensed under a BSD license. By posting a patch > > to the public PostgreSQL mailling lists, you are giving the PostgreSQL > > Global Development Group the non-revokable right to distribute your > > patch under the BSD license. If you use code that is available under > > a BSD-compatible license (eg. public domain), please note that in your > > email submission. If the license is not BSD-compatible (e.g. GPL), > > please do not post the patch.</li> > > How about something simpler: > > <li>PostgreSQL is licensed under a BSD license. Patches that are > submitted another a non-compatible license (such as the GPL) will be > ignored.</li>
No, I don't people even seeing GPL patches on our lists. There is too much of a chance of accident, and possible problems if we re-implemented with a BSD license. -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
