Hello Rasmus,
There is only one excuse for doing this and that is to allow you to
specifically direct your advertising at me and I object to that.
I do not want to live in a world where everything I read or am informed of is
decided by you or anybody else.
I want to be able to decide what advertising I access, not have some self
opinionated organisation decide what information I’m fed. No matter how good
that organisation’s product is or isn’t.
By doing this you are no better than Microsoft or Google.
Whilst the ability to contribute to and to have a bit of an input into the
direction of software development is a big attraction for open source it is the
openness of open source that has provided the majority of the successes enjoyed
by open source and the reason why many around the world such as myself have
made the move from MS-SQL, Oracle, Sybase and MySQL, since taken over by
Oracle, Etc… Etc…
MariaDB is a wonderful product and definitely one of the best databases in the
world but by joining in on the wrong side of the specifically directed
advertising war currently being perpetrated by the software giants you have
removed all reasons for choosing MariaDB over the alternative options.
Just think about this …. If I had allowed myself to become restricted to
advertising from Oracle I would never have heard about MariaDB in the first
place.
I am involved with and contribute to a number of open source communities around
the world but this is the only time I’ve been asked to sign up with a “Google”
account.
The millions of people around the world involved in open source communities
have two things in common.
1. A willingness to share and develop new ideas.
2. A desire to protect our right to freedom of
thought.
To you, insisting on a Google or Google style “Account” before allowing
downloads is a trivial, insignificant thing that you expect the majority of the
world to blindly accept but to me it’s rude arrogance and a monumental and
unacceptable invasion of my personal freedom. Not because you’re asking me to
provide personal information but because of what you intend doing with that
information.
You have destroyed the entire concept of open source.
It is entirely possible that I am the only person on the planet to think like
this. ------ But I doubt it.
Regards,
Bruce Carlson
From: Rasmus Johansson [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, 17 September 2015 6:39 AM
To: Bruce Carlson
Cc: Maria Discuss ([email protected])
Subject: Re: [Maria-discuss] ODBC.NET DOWNLOAD
Hi Bruce,
It's an important aspect you bring up. I'm afraid however that having the
binaries behind login is a conscious decision.
All connector source code is of course open and available on Github and
everyone is more than welcome to participate in the development of them. The
main organization currently behind the connectors is MariaDB Corporation,
meaning that most of the development, building, testing and packaging for the
various platforms happens there.
To be able to develop, for example, the connectors further, the company needs
to somehow be able to reach potential users and even in some cases create some
business around them. That is the main reason for requiring free registration.
I hope it's not a huge problem and I think it's a fairly common practice for
open source companies nowadays.
Nothing has however changed regarding licensing of the connectors. They are
still LGPL.
Best regards,
Rasmus
--
Rasmus Johansson, VP Engineering
MariaDB | t: +358 50 499 9589<tel:%2B358%2050%20499%209589> | Skype: ratzpo
On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Bruce Carlson
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi,
I’m trying to download the latest stable version of the MariaDB .net ODBC
install MSI but every time I try I get directed to a log in page where I can’t
get any further unless I create some sort of personal information divulgence
account.
I have never had to do this before with any open source software.
Where can I go to download the MSI without having to create an account that I
have no intentions of ever doing.
I have been using MySQL ever since the early days of version 3 something and
have been using MariaDB ever since inception after the split with MySQL.
I’m a dedicated and heavy user and supporter of MariaDB and have been for
decades.
If I am no longer able to download updates etc. without having to create some
sort of GOOGLE account then I will not use MariaDB, I will find an alternative.
Please advise.
Bruce Carlson
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