Re: SAPDB - MYSQL

There have been another anouncement from SAP/DB team where they
declared that SAP/DB client library is no longer going to be licensed
under LGPL but GPL. That means that people that link these libraries
to their programs have to either release source code under GPL or
buy a licence from MySQL AB.

People at SAP/DB mailing list (including me) are planning to create
a fork of client library if not the database kernel itself.

Regards,
Nicolai

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Treat" <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
To: "Ewald Geschwinde" <webmaster(at)geschwinde(dot)net>
Cc: <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 10:53 PM
Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] SAPDB - MYSQL

> That answer sounds nice, but has a different tone then the article
> titled "MySQL Takes Database Reins from SAP"
>
> http://www.internetnews.com/storage/article.php/2212341
>
>
> Robert Treat
>
> On Tue, 2003-05-27 at 12:47, Ewald Geschwinde wrote:
> > SO HERE IS THE LIGHT IN THE DARK!!!!
> > regards EWald Geschwinde
> >
> >
> >
> > FYI - I copied this post to Rudolf Munz who was kind enough to reply:
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Ray,
> >
> > MySQL will offer a rebranded version of SAP DB as a MySQL product. So
> > SAP DB does not go away and
> > will also be offered in the future under as Open Source under GPL. The
> > SAP DB team you know stays
> > in place and takes care of the ongoing development and and support of
> > SAP DB. Future SAP DB
> > releases will come as planned. SAP is and remains responsible for the
> > SAP DB code base. MySQL plans to
> > add the rebranded SAP DB as a new product line to its present MySQL
> > Classic and MySQL Pro product
> > lines.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Rudolf Munz
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Cheers
> > Ray
> > Ray Harrison wrote:
> > Like many on this list I was disheartened by this news. My main
> > questions, if Daniel, Elke et al are still available, are:
> >
> > 1.) What happens to the SAP DB code tree? Will it merge with mySQL or
> > will it be a separate product? Or will the code tree just go away?
> >
> > 2.) Will SAP LABS do any work on the 7.5 fork or will it only do minimal
> > work on 7.4?
> >
> > 3.) If the answer to (1) is that it will merge with mySQL, what versions
> > of mySQL will end up as the co-product of SAP DB and mySQL?
> >
> > To re-name a product that carries with it a substantial amount of weight
> > (SAP DB) to mySQL (despite their recent advances, it still comes across
> > as a toy in the minds of many) is a travesty.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Ray Harrison
> > Managing Partner
> > TSG International, LLC
> >
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