On Apr 29, 2009, at 3:26 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account
wrote:
>> That's why open source is so important. Imagine if VFP were open
>> source: we could have someone like Christof head up a fork of the
>> Microsoft codebase to create a separate product that Microsoft
>> couldn't control. Development of new features and improvements
>> would only
>> be limited by the enthusiasm of the user base.
>
> How's that different from the VFPX idea (other than folks not having
> the
> M$ code base)?
Umm... they don't have the code.
VFPX is add-on only. They cannot change existing stuff. Fortunately,
there are lots of hooks in VFP that make a lot of cool stuff possible.
But do you think that VFPX could remove the 2gig limit? Make it run
on Macs or Linux?
>> What Oracle bought was the MySQL name and development team. They
>> didn't buy the code.
>
> And they can't affect existing products (by imposing restrictions,
> fees,
> etc.), right? Only with new stuff would things be affected.
> Correct me
> if you see that differently please!
Once you release code with a particular license, you can't "un-
release" it. Since open source licenses give you particular rights, no
one can take them away. Microsoft licenses, OTOH, allow Microsoft to
change the terms of the license whenever they like (Win2K SP3,
anyone?), so you are assured that you have no guarantee whatsoever.
-- Ed Leafe
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