First IANAL (nor have I actually read the GPL in a long time), but the way I understand it. They are completely within their rights to sell a closed-source version of their software if they wish to do so. Them releasing a GPL'd (is it GPL'd?) version does not in any way prohibit them from also releasing a closed-source version - it's their software. Likewise they could just as easy stop releasing the GPL'd version and start releasing a closed version instead. The only caveats are... if there is source from contributing developers then that source remains the contributing developer's source licensed by the license the contributing developer released it under (ie GPL, wether directly or indirectly through becoming part of the GPL'd mySQL) and as such the company would have to either not include the contributed code or obtain a different license for said code from the contributing developer, and if they were to withdraw the GPL'd version from release existing copies in the world remain GPL'd (and thus a source fork would likely begin).
Of course this is all totally OT. So to bring it back some, when I was playing with CF on linux I looked at using mySQL but the limitations (especially on no sub-selects which is something I use often and am not willing to give up without a fight !) were too great, postgres on the otherhand worked very well, nice and fast, I've heard that the Vacuum() procedure which must be run periodically can be a bit of a pain - tying up the database for inordinate amounts of time, but I guess replication or something could get around that for large scale sites. And of course it's free :-) At 01:35 PM 12/6/2001, you wrote: >If MySQL was allowed to sell a closed version of it's software, instead of >having to sell overpriced support contracts it would be much more >successful. ---------- James Sleeman Innovative Media Ltd Phone: (03) 377 6262 http://www.websolutions.co.nz/ CAUTION: The information contained in this email message is confidential and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error please notify the sender immediately and destroy the original message and any attachments. Views expressed in this communication may not be those of Innovative Media Ltd. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
