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MySQL Licence change article - eweek

От
Richard Huxton
Дата:
Article concerning licence changes especially wrt resellers
  http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1531359,00.asp
Mentions PG in passing

"Such uncertainty has motivated MySQL to rework the licensing language. After
all, nobody wants to alienate ISVs, who could drive considerable business
toward MySQL, Urlocker said. "We're happy to address the issue because it
means there's interest on the part of ISVs for supporting the software.
That's good," he said.

The unclear language pertains to who exactly has the responsibility to
purchase a license in a VAR setup: the VAR, or the end user? The GPL is
ambiguous in regards to these matters, Urlocker said, but it's simply the
best open-source licensing model that now exists."

Hmm - not sure what the GPL has to do with licensing models, but anyway.

"There are dozens of projects that are incompatible with the GPL license,
Urlocker said. For example, the GPL prohibits an "advertising" clause.
However, MySQL doesn't mind if someone combines MySQL Client libraries with a
license that has such a clause. One exception Urlocker is working on will
enable use of MySQL software in such a case."

Not sure what this is - old BSD? new XFree?

--
  Richard Huxton
  Archonet Ltd

Re: MySQL Licence change article - eweek

От
Ian Barwick
Дата:
On Tuesday 24 February 2004 00:43, Richard Huxton wrote:
> Article concerning licence changes especially wrt resellers
>   http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1531359,00.asp
> Mentions PG in passing

FWIW another take on the issue:

  http://www.gnulinux.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=103

Ian Barwick
barwick@gmx.net


Re: MySQL Licence change article - eweek

От
Josh Berkus
Дата:
Guys,

> > Article concerning licence changes especially wrt resellers
> >   http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1531359,00.asp
> > Mentions PG in passing

Yes, I'm actually rather disappointed in this article because I pointed the
eWeek people to the blogs of several developers unhappy with the MySQL
license changes, and they ignored that whole angle.

--
-Josh Berkus
 Aglio Database Solutions
 San Francisco


Re: MySQL Licence change article - eweek

От
David Costa
Дата:
On Feb 24, 2004, at 1:14 AM, Josh Berkus wrote:

> Guys,
>
>>> Article concerning licence changes especially wrt resellers
>>>   http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1531359,00.asp
>>> Mentions PG in passing
>
> Yes, I'm actually rather disappointed in this article because I
> pointed the
> eWeek people to the blogs of several developers unhappy with the MySQL
> license changes, and they ignored that whole angle.
>

Hello,
I am personally working on a new column with a number of articles re:
PHP and PostgreSQL.
There are a lot of PostgreSQL myths in the PHP world: aka "PostgreSQL
is incredibly slow" or "hard to setup".

I do see MySQL gaining popularity among PHP developers despite the
licensing issues. True, PHP 5 has SQLite embedded (okay
not a real database engine, but to many small websites it might fit the
bill ) but the great majority of open source projects are offering the
PHP/MySQL
combo or nothing.

I looked for a php wiki and there is really little working with
PostgreSQL.  Phpbb has full PostgreSQL support which is pretty good. I
wonder if we could do
something to change this.... on dotgeek.org we might organize a contest
for a new PHP/PostgreSQL application?!

Cheers
David Costa