At 01:28 10.06.2001 -0700, Tal Dayan wrote:
>The Mckoi site is at http://www.mckoi.com/database, the owners are at
>http://www.iglou.com/adiehl.
>They menion in the FAQ that the license is GPL but 'you wish to use the
>database under a different
>license then contact us for further details'. Anybody feels lucky and want
>to give them a call ;-)
>
>Tal
It looks like they are leveraging the infectious nature of the GPL to force companies
to buy Mckoi for commercial use. So much for freedom. Cheers, Ceki
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Duddleston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 11:58 PM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: RE: Project idea
>>
>>
>>
>> There is a pretty good Java SQL Relational DB called Mckoi, but the darn
>> thing is GPL and I have sent about 6 emails trying to get them to
>> change the
>> license to an ASL or equivalent, but I have had no luck. They won't even
>> change to LGPL.
>>
>> hsql Database on sourceforge has a good license and works well for small
>> projects, but I don't know if I would trust it for anything important.
>> Hopefully it will pick up some momentum.
>>
>> I know Jetspeed (a Jakarta project) uses Hypersonic SQL (now hsql
>> Database),
>> or at least used it the last time I check which was a long time
>> ago. I would
>> love to see a solid Java RDBMS under a business friendly license. Maybe
>> someday ;-)
>>
>> -david
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Tal Dayan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> > Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 5:11 PM
>> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > Subject: Project idea
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Does Jakarta has anything close to an embedded pure Java
>> > relational data base ?
>> >
>> > If not, a project like that will be a great
>> > addition to the Jakarta family.
>> >
>> >
>> > Tal
>> >
>> >
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