| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Will Open Source be forced to go Proprietary |
| Date: | 2004-01-09 05:38:04 |
| Message-ID: | 200401090538.i095c4O18221@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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> >
> >>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.
> >>
> >>
> >
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> >
> Uhhh perhaps we should verify this first?
I think this does:
http://www.edwardbear.org/serendipity/archives/1193_My_Beef_with_MySQLs_License.html
It includes an analysis from PHP's Sterling saying that MySQL
interpretation that anything that "depends" on MySQL prevents such a
client, and quotes from MySQL's CEO.
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