I bet the commercial license fee structure "changes" again. As much as I like MySQL I was always a bit put off by their dual license. Many folks who use MySQL commercially pay no license, as they feel (in their words more or less) that the commercial license agreement is "vague". I thought it was clear. If you use MySQL commercially for profit, and place your solution code that uses MySQL into the public domain, no license fee. If you do not put your code into the public domain then their is an annual license fee to be paid. It is one of the reasons I moved to PostGreQL. It is very clear, free. Period. No need to place my code into the public domain, ever. Yet it is every bit as capable as MySQL, certainly more than I would ever need.
Gil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of MB Software Solutions Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 5:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [NF] Sun acquires MySQL Courtesy Carl/VFUG.... Wonder what this will mean for the future? The good thing is that since it's open source, they can't affect things that are already out there....e.g., shutting them off. -------- Original Message -------- >From the VFUG.Org List Server: Sun acquires MySQL: http://blogs.mysql.com/kaj/2008/01/16/sun-acquires-mysql/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.5/1228 - Release Date: 1/16/2008 9:01 AM --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/mixed text/plain (text body -- kept) text/plain (text body -- kept) --- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
