| From: | Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Chris Travers <chris(at)travelamericas(dot)com>, "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: | 2005-10-17 02:35:27 |
| Message-ID: | 43530DEF.8010908@Yahoo.com |
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On 10/16/2005 5:25 PM, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Oct 2005, Chris Travers wrote:
>
>> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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" :)"
You mean "their eventually someday to be patent".
Jan
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