On Friday, September 5, 2003, at 01:15 PM, Tuviah Snyder wrote:
So will we have to remove the libmysql.dll driver from the Revolution distribution?
I hope not! I doubt it- Rev is a vehicle for them to get more MySQL users so I think they wouldn't bother you. That is a guess though.
I thought MySQL was open source, doesn't sound open and free to me.
Mysql actually started out as 100% commercial software, however the source code was always freely available. Wasn't until '98 or '99 (?) they they went to the dual licensing with GPL or Commercial.
There was an interesting article recently about the BSD licensing used by PostgreSQL Inc. (pgsql.com) Their strategy is to develop software and market it commercially for a 24 month period. After that, they release it under a BSD license, which is wide-open for even for competing commercial usages. Most recent example being a DB Replication Server. I wish I could find that article URL. Maybe it was just a press release.
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