On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Kristian Nielsen<kniel...@knielsen-hq.org> wrote: > Kristian Nielsen <kniel...@knielsen-hq.org> writes: > >> Davi Arnaut <davi.arn...@sun.com> writes: >> >>> I've been monitoring the maria-developers list and there are some >>> patches that we would like to gradually incorporate into our >>> branches. For a practical example, i would like to merge into 5.1 >>> parts of this (http://tinyurl.com/q2ulgt) patch by Kristian. > >> Negotiations between Monty Program and Sun have started some time ago on a >> deal which would cover how Sun will get the rights it needs (ie. SCA) to >> include the MariaDB code into the MySQL code, and how Monty Program will >> receive compensation for giving these rights. As I understand it, these >> negotiations are however still in the early phase. > > Apparently, this is moving nowhere :-(. > > Davi, I'm sorry there has been no progress on this. We discussed this again in > MariaDB, and would like to get things working better for now. > > What Monty suggested was that it would work for Sun if we submit specific > patches under a BSD-new license. > > I realise that the http://tinyurl.com/q2ulgt patch request is now so old that > it may be of no interest to you any longer. But if you have a request for this > or other patches, please send them. All developers at Monty Program have the > ability to submit their work to Sun at their own discretion, so we should be > able to make this work on a low-overhead technician-to-technician level.
Kristian, Thanks for picking this up. I just wanted to confirm this is true and we are happy to cooperate. henrik -- Henrik Ingo Project Manager and COO, Monty Program Ab hi...@askmonty.org, skype:henrik.ingo, +358405697354 http://askmonty.org/wiki/index.php/About_Us What's up with MariaDB? http://askmonty.org/wiki/index.php/MariaDB _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-developers Post to : maria-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
