Le 01/03/2011 10:09, Ralf Hildebrandt a écrit : > * Victor Duchovni <victor.ducho...@morganstanley.com>: > >> This is a legal question. The postfix-mysql loadable object links >> Postfix table driver code available under the IPL against the MySQL >> shared library. Whether this is allowed under the MySQL license is >> not completely clear. >> >> It is not a problem with Postgres or LDAP. > > I'm wondering if MariaDB (which is the fork of MySQL) could solve the > problems: > > http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-license#mariadb-client-license > http://mariadb.org/ > > "MariaDB is a database server that offers drop-in replacement > functionality for MySQL. MariaDB is built by some of the original > authors of MySQL, with assistance from the broader community of Free > and open source software developers. In addition to the core > functionality of MySQL, MariaDB offers a rich set of feature > enhancements including alternate storage engines, server > optimizations, and patches." >
seems promissing, but a fork like that requires a year or so to see what gets out of it. so either the guys are very good and they'll get out with a great success, or the project will die.
