From: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Postgresql Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Will Open Source be forced to go Proprietary |
Date: | 2004-01-09 01:27:40 |
Message-ID: | 20040108212641.H32294@ganymede.hub.org |
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On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Alex Satrapa wrote:
> > Rod Taylor wrote:
> > > Discussion about OpenSource projects moving to support Windows.
> > [link]
> >
> > This article was WOFTAM (Waste of Time And Money).
> >
> > The article asks if open source projects will be "forced to go
> > proprietary" without describing what "proprietary" means. I'm not sure
> > the author really understands the software "industry".
> >
> > One of the telling comments is that the author confuses "published" with
> > "open" - Microsoft has indeed "published" the XML schema for it's new
> > range of Microsoft Office products, but the patent it has applied for
> > implies that the schema is not "open". Software can be "proprietary"
> > without being "closed".
> >
>
> As is MySQL. They say you can't produce a non-GPL client that talks to
> their server via the protocol. They say they will enforce this via
> patents.
Will it be as enforceable as I imagine the MSN Messenger protocol and/or
Yahoo and/or ... is? Oh, wait, maybe MySQL is going to team up with SCO
as a way of encouraging market share? *evil grin*
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