Zak, I did take a look at the licensing info on the web site, but could use a little more help.
Could you please clarify via an example? Let's say I develop some application, an accounting app, or a generic database query utility that can use accept any JDBC connection, for example. As long as I use standard ANSI-ish SQL and the driver is robust enough, it should work with just about any database. In that case, I assume no commercial license is necessary(?). Taking it a step further, say I make changes to it to support any MaxDB quirks or perhaps use knowledge of the system catalog tables, which I do if I detect that the user has chosen to use a MaxDB JDBC driver. Am I forced to either purchase a commercial license or make my code Open Source? Is it really up to the customer who purchases the software that is (optionally) MaxDB-compatible to purchase the required commercial licenses? Thanks for putting up with my questions. > > > Then GAIM is part of AOL's server, and thus probably violating AOL's > > copyright, and Samba, etc. > > ...and these are some arguments against the idea. > > This is why we make the intent of our licensing very clear. > If you are > proprietary, we recommend a commercial license. If you are > GPL or Open > Source, use the GPL license. > > > On the other hand, I think most companies are happy to pay for the > > support, regardless of whether the software itself is free or not. > > In my experience, many companies do not buy support. Additionally, > surviving solely on support can be a challenging model for a company > that develops software. Surprisingly, answering customer support > questions does little to help the software get developed. :) -- MaxDB Discussion Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
