Fwd: [nyphp-talk] Re: [nycbug-talk] mysql lisc. question

[Marc Spitzer]

On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 00:58:57 -0500, Pete Wright <pete at finn.nomadlogic.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 12:43:39AM -0500, Matthew Terenzio wrote:
> >
> >
> > >
> > > I'm no license expert. But I plan to be one in the coming
> > > months/years.
> > >
> > > But this seems like a point of contention between different OS
> > > licenses that might become divisive for certain causes.
> 
> yea i totally agree, on one hand i can imagine that MySQL AB has to
> please the GPL camp and on the other they have to make money for a
> product that they are devloping.  From my perspective it looks like
> using a BSD or MIT style liscense may work out better for them...but
> that obviously would not work for historical reasons.

BSD/MIT would be worse than useless to them.  You are looking at this
form a tech POV and this is a business question.  The dual license
with the gpl gives them a stick to beat up the user base with for
money.  Think about it you have a business that uses mysql and get a
letter from them about licencing compliance that says under the terms
of the licence you currently have you need to make all your code down
loadable on the web as an open source project, unless you give us
money for a different license.  BSD/MIT do not allow you to have such
a club and GPL does.

> 
> in the end tho, despite this apparent miscommunication, it seems like
> MySQL may be doing a good thing by allowing the use of the clustering
> tech. freely for people who do not re-distribute thier product...altho
> i'm not sure why one would limit it to only GPL apps and not all OSL
> certified lisc.

Because GPL is designed to strip the developer/corporation of there
property rights.  And many of the OSL licences do not do this, to my
knowledge none do it to the degree that the GPL does.

marc

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