Re: Will Open Source be forced to go Proprietary

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
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 17:02:18
Message-ID: 3FFEDE9A.3020302@commandprompt.com
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>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.
>
>
>

I see no where, where MySQL states that they will use Patents to enforce
their licenses.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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