| From: | Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Nusphere/MySQL-AB arguing |
| Date: | 2001-07-14 12:44:36 |
| Message-ID: | 01071408443600.00988@lowen.wgcr.org |
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On Friday 13 July 2001 20:01, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
> > The issues involve the MySQL trademark, MySQL websites, the GPL, and
> > open source community development.
> Coming to a court near you:
For some reason I don't see any of these happening.
For one, PostgreSQL isn't a dictatorship like many other open source projects
(MySQL, the Linux Kernel, for two handy examples) are. It is an oligarchy,
which in this case is not a bad thing, as the oligarchs (the 'Steering
Committee' or 'core') are not all employed by one company.
Contributions to PostgreSQL are accepted without requiring copyright transfer
-- which is also a good thing.
Altogether, this is one of the more open 'Open Source' projects -- and there
is a real community feeling here.
--
Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
1 Peter 4:11
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