I am not an expert with software license. But my gut’s feeling is I can’t claim Apache if I am using code from MySQL JDBC driver (GPL), can I?
> On May 8, 2018, at 11:49 AM, Stack <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 11:58 AM, Water Guo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Not it is not. AntsDB has no dependence on MySQL code. It is written in >> Java and uses a couple of open source libraries. >> >> > Sorry. There seems to be a misunderstanding. I was just asking if why > antsdb has a GPL license rather than say an Apache one: > https://github.com/waterguo/antsdb/blob/master/LICENSE.txt > > Thanks, > S > > >>> Sounds great Water. Lets take it for a spin. Quick question, why the "GNU >>> Affero General Public License, version 3" Is it up from mysql? Thanks, >>> S >> >> On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 10:09 AM, Water Guo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear HBase Community, >>> >>> I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce my open source project >>> AntsDB. It is a database virtualization software that brings MySQL >>> compatibility to HBase. It means you can use any MySQL bindings such as >>> JDBC, ODBC, PHP, Perl to manipulate data in HBase. It supports most MySQL >>> DDLs and all DMLs, transaction control, table locks, row locks etc. Up to >>> date applications such as MySQL console, MySQL command lines, >> BenchmarkSQL, >>> MediaWiki, SonarQube, DBeaver, SquirrelSQL and many others can run >> directly >>> on HBase using AntsDB layer. The project is hosted at >>> https://github.com/waterguo/antsdb. >>> >>> AntsDB is designed to support high concurrency, low latency applications. >>> It uses local storage as cache so it can further reduce the latency of >>> HBase. We have benchmarked AntsDB using YCSB. The result is at >>> http://www.antsdb.com/?p=171. >>> >>> People always ask me how it is different from Phoenix. While Phoenix is >>> building a powerful SQL layer for HBase, we want to focus on backward >>> compatibility. We want to have applications built for MySQL can be used >>> directly on HBase. And people who are familiar with traditional >> relational >>> database can adopt HBase/Hadoop stack with ease. >>> >>> I’d be very glad if you find the project is useful and your feedback is >>> very welcome. >>> >>> Thanks >>> -water >>> >> >>
