At 03:23 4/07/00 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>IMHO we'd be damned fools to
>ignore his advice completely.  Sticking your head in the sand is not
>a good defense mechanism.

FWIW, I think the disclaimer could be strengthened to protect people who
sell the PostgreSQL CD, and people who offer it on servers, and people who
apply patches from other people (who may not themselves be contributors or
developers). It's just a box of worms - no source can be too open, and no
indemnity can be too strong.





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Tue, 04 Jul 2000 17:59:14 +1000
Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au>
Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] proposed improvements to
	PostgreSQL license