> That depends on what your market is - for businesses who wants to be
> able to hide source, yes. For businesses who use it, being sure the
> source is available is the best - which the GPL guarantees. BSD gives
> the middle man more freedom to screw the end user ;)
Well, we all want more freedo
Philip Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> el día Tue, 04 Jul 2000 12:13:12 +1000,
escribió:
>As a company who wants PostgreSQL to remain in the public domain, I would
>prefer to see it go GPL;
I agree with this.
(altough is not public domain, it's copywrigth'ed, well copyleft'ed).
btw, if you change
Chris Bitmead wrote:
> Actually that is the exact reason you _don't_ want to be based in the
> USA. Do you really want Postgres to be breaking new ground in the
> courts? The USA is at the leading edge of lame new legislation. If the
> postgresql licence is locked into Virginia law forever, (beca
> Good point. But the USA is the demon spawning ground for lawyers, and is
> at the leading edge of aggressive new legal territory.
Actually that is the exact reason you _don't_ want to be based in the
USA. Do you really want Postgres to be breaking new ground in the
courts? The USA is at the l
Tom Lane wrote:
>
> Thomas Lockhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Postgres is starting to become a visible thing, and is going to be used
> > by people who don't know much about the free software movement. And
> > *I'm* within reach of the American court system, and *you* can
> > contribute cod
At 03:23 4/07/00 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>IMHO we'd be damned fools to
>ignore his advice completely. Sticking your head in the sand is not
>a good defense mechanism.
FWIW, I think the disclaimer could be strengthened to protect people who
sell the PostgreSQL CD, and people who offer it on server
At 03:23 4/07/00 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>IMHO we'd be damned fools to
>ignore his advice completely. Sticking your head in the sand is not
>a good defense mechanism.
I think virtually everybody is happy with the extra disclaimer. It the
other parts that bother me.
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Thomas Lockhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Postgres is starting to become a visible thing, and is going to be used
> by people who don't know much about the free software movement. And
> *I'm* within reach of the American court system, and *you* can
> contribute code which could make me a targe
Ned Lilly writes:
> What we'd like to propose is a general tightening up of what the
> existing license is *supposed* to be doing in the first place -
In order to tighten up the license you'd need to get every developer past,
present, and future to sign paperwork that they agree to this change.
