Re: Will Open Source be forced to go Proprietary - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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> >>As is MySQL.  They say you can't produce a non-GPL client that talks to
> >>their server via the protocol.  They say they will enforce this via
> >>patents.
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> Uhhh perhaps we should verify this first?

I think this does:

    http://www.edwardbear.org/serendipity/archives/1193_My_Beef_with_MySQLs_License.html

It includes an analysis from PHP's Sterling saying that MySQL
interpretation that anything that "depends" on MySQL prevents such a
client, and quotes from MySQL's CEO.

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