Hi, first please note that I speak as an individual and not for the company I work for.
On Thu, 29 May 2003, Noah J SILVA wrote: > No, but SAPDB is owned still by SAP, they have right to do what they like, > including allowing MySQL to release it under whatever license they want. > According to the email from earlier today, SAP will retain the rights, so > they could possibly revoke the MySQL agreement at a later time. The > existing code that is released as GPL or LGPL can be used to make GPL or > LGPL software, but with SAP's permission, MySQL can change the license > however they like when they release changed versions of the code. (And > most people are worried about the LGPL, not the GPL going away). As far > as I know, nobody outside of SAP has made a significant code contribution > to SAPDB (if they had, they could block it from being used). the big problem is now, that SAPDB will never be a real OpenSource Project because MySQL/SAP can never include community contributions as long as the author doesn't allow to use his code in non-GPL licensed software. But this was the case in the past, too, because of the LiveCache stored procedures IMHO. So this is no real change. It seems that the GPL license was never the right license for SAPDB. And it is not the right license for any MySQL product. It's just a marketing thing. CU, Wolfgang _______________________________________________ sapdb.general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.sap.com/mailman/listinfo/sapdb.general
