Re: Response from MySql AB (Re: Humor me: Postgresql vs.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Bartlett [mailto:johnnyb(at)eskimo(dot)com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 9:20 AM
> To: Andrew Sullivan
> Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: Response from MySql AB (Re: [GENERAL] Humor me:
> Postgresql vs.
>
>
> > On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 08:52:36AM -0600, scott.marlowe wrote:
> > > Fact: If you write your application to work with ODBC -> MySQL
> > > connectivity, you can write a closed source app and sell it for
> > > money and
> >
> > Fact: nobody's ever tested any of this in court, so you're
> basically
> > risking it.
>
> That's true of just about any software license.

Where is the risk with a Berkeley style license?

> > I think if people want legal advice about the status of
> MySQL's claims
> > about GPL, they'd best consult a lawyer who knows a lot
> about software
> > licenses.
>
> That's true of just about any software license.

Is it true of Berkeley style software licenses? Is it true of the ACE
license or the Apache license? Mozilla licenses?

Many open source licenses carry basically no risk at all. Others
contain enormous risk.