Re: [ADMIN] Misplaced modifier in Postgresql license

Richard Welty wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 18:33:37 -0500 (EST) Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> wrote:
> > I know we have updated our license in the past, particularly to remove
> > the advertizing clause.   I think we grabbed FreeBSD's version.  I don't
> > think we are inclined to update our wording unless there is a
> > significant reason to do so, and I don't think one project thinking it
> > is possibly confusing is enough, and of course, as you know, five
> > lawyers will give five different opinions.
>
> right, but how many lawyers have actually been consulted on this?
>
> i would agree that the OpenBSD interpretation is pretty severe,
> but in light of the current legal shenanigans with respect to some
> other open source projects, i think there is some merit to the
> severity.

Actually, based on the current software climate, it seems all software
(commercial and open source) has huge potential litigation
possibilities.

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