On 2/5/07, Doug Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This sucks...I guess it was bound to happen :( > > http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=26F5F8B6-8CC6-4529-8DE7-65732FA84347
Wow, I'm not sure you really read the article, or at least understood it. Please don't start ridiculous FUD. MySQL is a _leader_ in open source business models and bluntly they're not hurting for money (even the article points out they have nearly HALF of their VC money in the bank). They fight for open source rights in the EU parliment and they have to my knowledge the only serious case in this country relating to enforcing the GPL on someone who tried to abuse it and their IP (all the litigation around NuSphere from about 4 years ago). Maybe looking at their focus on free, fair licenses would reduce your panic (eg http://www.planetmysql.org/kaj/?p=81). Maybe if Monty and David die, Brian Aker is hit by a bus, and about 150 developers die of food poisoning at their dev retreat, then *just maybe* the remaining 3-4 marketing folks would try and turn it into a product that's not free. Of course since ALL THE PREVIOUS CODE IS GPLv2, YOU'D STILL HAVE ACCESS. That's the *POINT* of open source -- you have the source. As an aside, MySQL has had dual licensing for quite a while (GPL and private). They also _require_ payment for embedded devices. They also now have a non-community edition that's licensed per server (MySQL Enterprise). None of this is particularly new. Nor is the fact that tthey go after investment money (note the article mentions the C round of financing -- which is when the current CEO came in *and* happened about 2 years ago -- oh no, they took VC money, panic panic). The sky is not falling, and thanks to the GPLv2 that MySQL is licensed under, your *absolute worst case* scenario is that you can continue using the version of MySQL you currently have forever. -- John Paul Ashenfelter CTO/Transitionpoint (blog) http://www.ashenfelter.com (email) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:268685 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
