Linicks wrote: > Chris, > I have used both of them for years, but have been using Postgresql as > my preffered database for last couple of years. It has held up under > heavy load and has been very stable. The 8.1 and the comming 8.2 > series have brought allot of performance enhancements as well. My > primary issue with MySql is that there client libraries are GPL. Which > means that your code must become GPLd if you distribute it at all. I > argued with a representative of MySql over this issue, and there > perspective was that if the datbase was running on more than one > computer, they considered it to be a distributed app. I this case I > specifically layed out that this was a wbe app and would only be > distributed internally. They told me that I would need to A. GPL my > code, or B. Buy a licence from them, so I chose C. Use Postgresql. I > think that there stance is a violation of the GPL, but would need to > consult the FSF about that. If you decide to use Postgresql, I think > that you would be very satisfied with it. > Without wishing to start yet another licensing debate I would simply point out that if you aren't redistributing your code then the GPL (at least in version 2) doesn't require you to make anything available to anyone.
"Distributed application" is ambiguous in English: the sense you were discussing with MySQL refers to code running across several machines. When the GPL talks about a "distributed application" it means an application containing or derived from code under the GPL which is passed on for use by others. It's likely that neither you nor the MySQL representative have English as your first language, and that you were therefore talking at cross purposes. Having said all that, I too find PostgreSQL to be a stable and well-performing database. The only thing I don't like is its rather strange approach to blob data, which demands a syntax that is non-standard in the extreme. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://holdenweb.blogspot.com Recent Ramblings http://del.icio.us/steve.holden --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
