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Re:PostgreSQL maintainer Simon Riggs has died in a small air... by iamtedd on Friday March 29, 2024 @09:01AM (#39863568)
No. No no no. Don't weasel-word out of this with bullshit technicalities.

The phrase isn't "FooBar v3.11 is free and always will be".

There is no version number in the phrase, so the common understanding is that the product and every version of that product will always be free.

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Re:PostgreSQL maintainer Simon Riggs has died in a small air... by endisneigh on Friday March 29, 2024 @09:07AM (#39863643)
lol. If it helps you cope, imagine the company died, another company forked it with a new license.

Same thing, same result. We are literally discussing this in a thread where a prominent maintainer died. Nothing is forever.

There is no way to guarantee something will be the same forever.

Again, fork and move on if things change to your dissatisfaction.

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