Greetings All,
As a way to cooperatively work to address some of the licensing concerns held by members of the MySQL community and the broader Free Software/Open Source community, we are initiating a community review of our licensing policy documents.
This means that we are soliciting feedback about issues in the policy documents that people find inaccurate or unclear. From this feedback we will work to improve the policy documents.
Please note that we cannot guarantee that we will address or accept all of the issues raised or suggestions made. The licensing is both complex and is the cornerstone of our business. Past experience shows that we must work carefully, incrementally and with community involvement in this area. As with development of the FLOSS exception though, I hope that we can reach a compromise that is satisfactory for almost everyone.
If you wish to participate, the process for doing so is simple.
Review some or all of the following documents: * http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing/ * http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing/commercial-license.html * http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing/opensource-license.html * http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing/faq.html
When you encounter an issue that you find confusing or inaccurate, please send a note to the MySQL community list or to me personally on the issue:
Ideally the note will state: * where the issue is (which document, where in the document) * what specific aspects of the issue concern you * the severity of the issue (is it cosmetic, minor or major) * a suggested fix or set of fixes
You are also welcome to directly file an issue report in the system that I use for tracking these issues. Visit http://zak.greant.com:8888/licensing/tktnew to do so.
I would like the discussion to take place on the MySQL community list, as it is easier to keep track of the issues in a single, low-traffic setting. I prefer not to Cc the MySQL General list beyond this initial email, so as to avoid cluttering an already busy mailing list.
An initial list of issues raised by various community members exist at: * http://zak.greant.com:8888/licensing/tktview?tn=32 * http://zak.greant.com:8888/licensing/tktview?tn=40
I am currently working on new draft policy documents to correct some of the simple issues and errors, and hope to post it next week for community review after it goes through internal review.
Cheers! -- Zak Greant MySQL AB Community Advocate
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