Mail sent to Brian Aker at MySQL. If he responds directly to me, I will let the list know.
Ryan On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 07:30:04 +0000, David Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Jagielski wrote: > > Nick Kew wrote: > > > >>On Saturday 05 February 2005 21:15, David Reid wrote: > >> > >>>They do seem, as an organisation, to be quite well aware that > >>>restricting their "reach" by licensing isn't helpful and therefore seem > >>>qilling to talk about exceptions and different clauses, so maybe such a > >>>clause can be crafted for APR. Without a dialogue we won't know. > >> > >>I'm not convinced we need or want such a clause - unless you're > >>definitely unhappy with keeping my proposed solution longer-term. > >>Bear in mind that opensource distributors can and will have no trouble > >>bundling the components and generating a combined platform - and that's > >>what most non-techie end-users will see. > > Well, the more obstacles we have in the way to people using apr + dbd > the less it will be used. Sad but true. > > > > > Personally I see the lack of MySQL "support" within APR as a > > big minus. Let's be honest, MySQL is the most popular and > > used OS DB out there. Having an incredibly useful APR capability > > which cannot be fully utilized and still be within the spirit > > of being commercial-friendly I think will limit the reach > > and potential audience of dbd. > > > > I think it's worth our effort and time to look into what can be > > done/negotiated with MySQL. > > > > Agreed. > > -- Ryan Bloom [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
