Bruce Momjian wrote:
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.
Neither clause solves the issue you describe here. The only thing my
clause does it make it so people might actually read it ;).
In general, people have very short attention spans and they have no
desire to read a long paragraph about something that is really two
sentences. We could adjust a bit though:
<li>PostgreSQL is licensed under a BSD license. We will only accept
patches that are submitted under a BSD license. All others shall be
rejected.</li>
Using the word rejected provides a sense of us declaring outright, "NO"
to anything but BSD versus an implicit ignoring.
Thoughts?
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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