-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 10:04:53 +1300 "Andrej Ricnik-Bay" <andrej.groups@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 01/02/2008, Tony Caduto <tony_caduto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The part about the BSD license is bogus. A BSD license is the most > > desirable of any Open Source license and gives you the right to use > > PostgreSQL in your commercial apps without worry. > While I'm a big fan of the BSD license (for varied reasons) I think > that OpenSource hardliners like RMS would argue that the BSD license > is *NOT* in the true spirit of OpenSource *BECAUSE* of what you list > as a bonus of it ... the locking down of benefits reaped from > OpenSource not getting back into the stream. RMS wouldn't make any such argument at all. His argument would be centered around FREE not OpenSource software. Joshua D. Drake > > > Cheers, > Andrej > > - -- The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/ PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL SPI Liaison | SPI Director | PostgreSQL political pundit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHonjaATb/zqfZUUQRAjfrAKCZu2KZigaCrNT6c9nbuAFYImRhdQCeI4uT 2gdMn7CA9XExIynw5mFogBs= =pqTR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org/
