| From: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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| To: | Chris Travers <chris(at)travelamericas(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Thomas Beutin <tb(at)laokoon(dot)in-berlin(dot)de>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Oracle buys Innobase |
| Date: | 2005-10-16 21:25:52 |
| Message-ID: | 20051016182516.B995@ganymede.hub.org |
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On Sun, 16 Oct 2005, Chris Travers wrote:
> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>
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>>>
>>>
>>> They do not "own" MaxDB. They license it, just like Innodb.
>>
>>
>> Damn, do they ever have alot of "loose ends" ... what part, exactly,
>> constitutes "MySQL" vs third party add ons? :)
>
> If MaxDB, InnoDB, and DBD engines are all licensed, then they have problems.
Thank god our biggest headaches have been "can we include readline, since
its GPL?" and "we need to re-write ARC *just in case* IBM decides to
enforce their patent" :)"
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