At 03:01 PM 1/6/2002, Arthur W. Neilson III wrote: >recently we setup msyslog-1.08a on a number of freebsd and solaris >based boxes, syslogging to a mysql backend.
I'd be concerned about the overhead of a full-fledged SQL database.... Seems like overkill to me. Also, I believe that "msyslog" and "mySQL" are both GPLed. No commercial programmer can safely look GPLed code, because if he does so he may later be sued for creating a "derivative work" if he writes something containing similar algorithms or functionality. Thus, we could only use such software as a "black box;" if there were a bug, we couldn't fix it due to the risk of GPL contamination. We'd rather use code that's licensed under a truly free (TF) license, such as the BSD License. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
