Posted by Stephen Gordon on 09/28/05 15:24

Erwin Moller wrote:
> Gary L. Burnore wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>>Perhaps he meant best FREE db he ever saw?
>
>
> Well, Postgresql is more free than MySQL...
> Check the licences. :-)
> Postgresql has been around for many more years, and all the time it was
> completely gpl'ed.
>
> Aren't you mixing up things?
> Like Progress?

Aren't you mixing up GPL and BSD license? I'm assuming yes given MySQL
has 2 licensing options, one of which is GPL, while Postgresql is to the
best of my knowledge BSD.

The BSD license is more 'free', however spreading ignorance helps nobody.

Cheers,

Steve

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