I have not read the MySQL license in detail. Does it allow someone or a group to start another fork of the source that is independent from the current developers?
If yes, is any one else interested in starting a fork in which the primary goal would be to improve the smaller todos and performance for small sites (the majority who use MySQL)? It seems to me that the direction of MySQL is now heading more towards big sites given the features in 4.0. Since people in this list have challenged me, I have decided it would be best to rise to their challenge and create a whole other fork if possible. I also think we could create a community that is more tolerant of ideas and dissent. Again my proposal would be for a very small community of core developers, and for a very narrow focus of basically taking the stable 3.23 release and merely refining it. And try to make a product to sell for profit which would be more targetted towards the newbie user who wants to pay $100 for a database for his web site. And the core developers would share the profits. We would keep this group small so as to avoid the politics and inefficiences of large focuses. But we would maintain professional lines of communication with all users and readily accept their needs and dissent. Any one interested in trying to do something like this and make a profit while doing so?? I understand we would have to donate our work back to open source and I don't see a conflict with that. This would remove MySQL core group from the annoyance of people like me who just want a solid 3.23 with the little refinements done. For those who outgrow our product, they could easily migrate to the full MySQL 4.x and later. Let me know if you think my idea has merit. But please no personal attacks and all that other noise. Just to the point if we can. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
