RE: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL & the BSD License

[The Hermit Hacker]

On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Philip Warner wrote:

> At 08:24 10/07/00 -0400, Robert D. Nelson wrote:
> >
> >Stupid question time: BSD allows forking of the code base, perhaps to 
> >proprietary. If going proprietary, I would imagine you could change the 
> >license. So why can't we have a "license fork"?
> >
> 
> I'll ask, but I think he'll say that the license applies to the source; if
> a commercial fork was made, then they are free to hide the source. But if
> they ever release the source, then it has to go under the BSD again.

Actually, my understanding is that even if a commercial fork was made, the
original license has to be visible *somewhere*, even if its just the
COPYRIGHT file itself ...