Re: MySQL has gone GPL

From: Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee>
To: Daniel Freedman <freedman(at)ccmr(dot)cornell(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: MySQL has gone GPL
Date: 2000-06-28 16:09:05
Message-ID: 395A2321.9B37C18E@tm.ee
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Daniel Freedman wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Anyway, Yahoo reported this morning
> (http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000628/ca_va_linu.html) that MySQL formed a
> strategic alliance with VA Linux and released their MySQL product under
> the GPL license.

by going GPL and adding transactions they deserve at least a look :)

I wonder how they resolve(d) the problem with SleepyCat/BSD-DB (which
they use for transaction support) _not_ being GPL .

---------------
Hannu

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