Re: PostgreSQL and Objective-C
Re: PostgreSQL and Objective-C
- Subject: Re: PostgreSQL and Objective-C
- From: Andy Satori <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 13:09:11 -0400
I don't mean to start a flamewar, but the difference between BSD and
(L)GPL, is pretty simple. GPL has rules that govern how it can be
modified and distributed. BSD doesn't. As such, BSD is less
restrictive, as in, use it, modify it, embed it, marry it, but don't
sue the original author. The GPL / LGPL says, use it, modify it. Don't
embed it, don't statically link to it, don't make changes and release
it without releasing the changes back to the community.
In the environment I wanted the code to be in, those GPL/LGPL rules
prevent some things that I might want to see happen, including, myself
or another party taking the work, and deriving a commercial closed
source package from it, I have no problem with that, and would like to
encourage that, the GPL and it's brother the LGPL make that an issue.
If you want to get into a license flamewar, this is not the place, we
can take it off list and I'll happily oblige you with my opinions
regarding the GPL, but I'm not a lawyer, though I do work for and with
lawyers day in and day out, and my opinions aren't the prevalent ones
in the Open Source community, so the argument probably won't be any fun
for you.
Andy
On Apr 16, 2005, at 12:48 PM, Philip Mötteli wrote:
Am 16.04.2005 um 17:24 schrieb Andy Satori:
With the BSD license that PostgreSQL is under, I wanted my projects
to retain that flexibility, so that ruled out both of the EOF
implementation ideas.
I don't really understand, what you mean here, but if you want to say,
that the GDL2 license is restrictive, I do not completely agree.
Because, as far as I remember, it is LGPL (Lesser GPL).
Re
Phil
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