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authorJonathan S. Katz2021-04-07 13:07:50 +0000
committerJonathan S. Katz2021-04-07 13:07:50 +0000
commit44415d86a9f786a3fc75f3968235c197a40f784e (patch)
treea9c03c002af0641b1cadd9f156f11a6de07e31cb
parent3a76cd1c7a190cfdd740e73da0d4ed8ee9e6aae0 (diff)
Update clarification around license FAQ
This consolidates two redundant-ish sections in the FAQ portion of the license page, since both effectively said the same thing.
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@@ -36,25 +36,17 @@ a liberal Open Source license, similar to the BSD or MIT licenses.</p>
PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.
</p>
-<h2>Why not the GNU General Public License?</h2>
-
-<p>
- People often ask why PostgreSQL is not released under the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GNU General
-Public License</a>. The simple answer is: we like our license and do not
-want to change it!
-</p>
-<p>
- If you would like to read more about this topic, then please
-take a look at the <a href="/list/">mailing list archives</a> at
-one of the many discussions on this subject.
-</p>
-
<h2>Will PostgreSQL ever be released under a different license?</h2>
+
<p>
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group remains committed to making
PostgreSQL available as free and open source software in perpetuity. There are
no plans to change the PostgreSQL License or release PostgreSQL under a
different license.
</p>
-
+<p>
+ If you would like to read more about this topic, then please take a look at
+ the <a href="/list/">mailing list archives</a> at one of the many discussions
+ on this subject.
+</p>
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