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On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:11:04 +0000 tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Also on face book > > Save My sql <http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=401680840234> > > > > It would sadden me to see MySql loosing it's GPL > > > Doh! - you never LOOSE GPL - you can never un GPL code. True. The only requirement is that someone still has access to the latest version of the code before the licence changes. For MySQL, that is a given. See FEMM for an example of where this was a potential problem: http://femm.neil.williamsleesmill.me.uk/ > This MySql campaign thing is the weirdest thing I've seen in a while > - I can only assume that MS are behind the campaign as part of some > broader FUDing to give the rumour that MySql may dissappear a more > self-fulfilling role - the name might but the code wont. It's the next versions that would be missing - along with security fixes and preventing bitrot. i.e. as long as the community continue hacking on the current MySQL GPL'd code, there's nothing to save - it's a fork and the GPL is particularly protective of the ability to fork GPL code. Forks have compatibility issues which get worse the longer the two versions remain unlinked - I don't run any commercial MySQL instances, does anyone have real data on whether the two are 100% compatible currently? Forks don't have to change the name, it depends on the attitude of the two teams and horrors like trademarks, cf iceweasel. What we *don't* want is dozens of different MySQL forks. If the link with commercial MySQL is lost, that's bad but it's not disastrous. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ http://e-mail.is-not-s.ms/
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