Tom Lane wrote: > "Chris Travers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Also, I am a little confused by Tom's statement that we don't have the right > > to modify the license. > > I don't see what's confusing about it. Our implicit contract with > contributors (past and present) is that we'd distribute their work under > the terms of the same license they saw when they contributed. Altering > the license without their agreement is breaking faith. > > All of the arguments about license changes have been gone over in great > detail in the archives (I think the last major go-round on the topic was > in the summer of 2000). No one who has been around long enough to > remember those flame wars is interested in re-opening the topic. Not > even just to move a comma.
What we could do is add a blurb on our web site or in the FAQ clarifying this issue. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html
