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RE: [Fsfe-france] Re: pgAdmin is proprietary software
From: |
Dave Page |
Subject: |
RE: [Fsfe-france] Re: pgAdmin is proprietary software |
Date: |
Sun, 18 May 2003 20:21:33 +0100 |
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexandre Dulaunoy [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: 18 May 2003 19:11
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: address@hidden; address@hidden; address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Fsfe-france] Re: pgAdmin is proprietary software
>
>
> > Question: Where exactly have we said that pgAdmin is Free
> Software or
> > Open Source by the FSF's definition?
> > Answer: Nowhere.
>
> It's written :
>
> http://pgadmin.postgresql.org/pgadmin2.php?ContentID=6
>
> "pgAdmin II is an open source application written using Microsoft's
> Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 5. It is built around 4 main
> components:"
And it is open source to take the literal interpretation of the words
(http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=open). I purposefully didn't
write Open Source because that would imply special meaning to the words.
I'm assuming the FSF or OSI haven't trademarked the word 'open' yet?
> Do you plan to change the licensing to be compatible with
> the Free Software definition or the OSI definition ?
I'm happy to discuss the licence to find something mutually acceptable
to the pgAdmin Development Team and *any* interested party provided that
party can act professionally without resorting to accusations of
deception and general mud-slinging that we have been subjected to by
other members of the address@hidden list.
As stated before, both by myself and Jean-Michel, the primary aims of
the pgAdmin devteam are to:
- Ensure the software is *always* freely available to anyone, with
source code if desired.
- To prevent commercial exploitation of our work without due credit and
contribution back to the project (not us, the project itself).
Regards, Dave.
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