On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Sheeri K. Cabral <[email protected]> wrote: > According to the FAQ, > > http://drizzle.org/wiki/FAQ#Is_this_a_product_of_Sun.2FMySQL.3F > and > http://drizzle.org/wiki/FAQ#Is_the_copyright_of_my_code_assigned_to_MySQL_or_to_Sun.3F > > Drizzle is not a Sun project, and the copyright of Drizzle is GPL2 > with community contributions being BSD.
I must have missed the discussion of this. Why must new contributions be BSD rather than GPL? As it is now, Drizzle might not be a Sun project but only Sun can sell non-GPL licenses to it. I am not against people monetizing their hard work. But I am curious about why this was done. > > -Sheeri > > On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Alex Esterkin <[email protected]> wrote: >> The vast majority of Drizzle source files display a copyright line followed >> by a standard GPL2 license statement and disclosure. >> >> In most cases, the copyright line reads as one of the following: >> >> Copyright (C) 2008 Sun Microsystems >> Copyright (C) 2008 MySQL >> Copyright (C) 2000-2006 MySQL AB >> >> Is it accurate to say that Drizzle copyright is owned by Sun? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Regards, >> Alex Esterkin >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > > > -- > - Sheeri K. Cabral > > http://tinyurl.com/mysqlbook will take you to the Amazon.com page for > my upcoming book, "MySQL Administrator's Bible". > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Mark Callaghan [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
