Re: no comment

They [Microsoft] have plans to release the .NET CLI on FreeBSD at the end of
the year (tenatively).  They are doing this on FreeBSD because they have
experience with it (Hotmail) and it uses the BSD license instead of the GPL.
They do not approve of the GPL, but they are alright with the BSD license.
Since PostgreSQL can be built without readline, there should not be a
problem [with PostgreSQL] as seen by Microsoft.

Microsoft is not alone in hating the GPL. There are many a BSD developer out
there that thing the GPL is evil.  I am not one of them, but I do see why
they don't like it.

Tom Veldhouse
veldy@veldy.net


----- Original Message -----
From: "will trillich" <will@serensoft.com>
To: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] no comment


> On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 05:45:17PM -0400, Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos wrote:
> > I'll take advantage of the fact the Pg is "open source" and that Bruce
comments on the story, so as not to be flamed about this:
> >
> > http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6352301.html?tag=prntfr
>
> short term and off-the-cuff, my first reaction is 'those dirty
> bastards'... but then i begin to realize that they're cutting
> their own throat. in the end, quality will prevail.
>
> --
> I'd concentrate on "living in the now" because it is fun
> and on building a better world because it is possible.
> - Tod Steward
>
> will@serensoft.com
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