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PostgreSQL 8.0.2 released with patent fixPostgreSQL 8.0.2 released with patent fixPosted Apr 12, 2005 12:11 UTC (Tue) by Wol (guest, #4433)In reply to: PostgreSQL 8.0.2 released with patent fix by khim Parent article: PostgreSQL 8.0.2 released with patent fix
As Khim said.
IBM is perfectly happy with a BSD licence.
Read IBM's patent pledge, and read it *CAREFULLY*. Provided the software *stays* BSD, the pledge continues to apply. But change the copyright licence, and you can lose the patent licence.
That said, I do understand this conflicts with the BSD principle that anyone should be free to use the code in any way they choose (including going proprietary). But can you blame IBM for not wanting people to use their own patents against them?
Cheers,
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