Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Licence: GNU/GPL

On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 02:04:21AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> This is the "viral" aspect of GPL that so many people have complained of.
> 
> But wait a sec; the last thing we need here is yet another license
> discussion.  Given that the objective of this FAQ addition is to prevent
> future license flamewars, I think the last thing we want it to do is
> give any suggestion that GPL-izing the code might actually be feasible.
> Why are you so eager to suggest that that might be possible?

Truth is useful, even if unpleasant.

Dave, happy with BSD.

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