| From: | michael <lists(at)genoverly(dot)net> |
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| To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Oracle buys Innobase |
| Date: | 2005-10-10 15:06:46 |
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On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:53:17 -0500
Dan Armbrust <daniel(dot)armbrust(dot)list(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> The fact that PostgreSQL is NOT released under GPL is the reason that
> people like me are here - MySQL's license drove us away from them.
> Their change of the driver licensing prevents us from shipping new
> drivers with our applications.
>
> GPL is a poison pill when it comes to groups like us that are trying
> to develop standards (and shared code bases) that can be used by both
> opensource and corporate types alike.
>
> So keep up the good work!
>
> Dan
Preach it brother!
Michael
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