| From: | Dick Davies <rasputnik(at)hellooperator(dot)net> |
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| To: | Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL novices <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: postgresql or mysql or oracle? |
| Date: | 2005-01-10 12:15:56 |
| Message-ID: | 20050110121556.GK25665@lb.tenfour |
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* Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to> [0132 18:32]:
> On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 07:55:23 +0000,
> Randolf Richardson <rr(at)8x(dot)ca> wrote:
> >
> > MySQL: Not free for commercial use
> >
> > [If I'm mistaken about any of this, corrections are welcome.]
>
> MsSQL is GPL code and hence is free for commercial use if you abide
> by the restrictions of the GPL. If you want to not have to abide by
> these restrictions then you have to make a deal with MySQL to get the
> code under an alternate license.
Ok, but 'free with strings and hoops to jump through' is still not as
useful as 'do what you like with it'.
Lets' not start a 'my license > your license' thread.
--
'And if you think you're going to bleed all over me
you're even wronger than you normally be'
-- The Specials, 'Little Bitch'
Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns
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