Article concerning licence changes especially wrt resellers
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1531359,00.asp
Mentions PG in passing
"Such uncertainty has motivated MySQL to rework the licensing language. After
all, nobody wants to alienate ISVs, who could drive considerable business
toward MySQL, Urlocker said. "We're happy to address the issue because it
means there's interest on the part of ISVs for supporting the software.
That's good," he said.
The unclear language pertains to who exactly has the responsibility to
purchase a license in a VAR setup: the VAR, or the end user? The GPL is
ambiguous in regards to these matters, Urlocker said, but it's simply the
best open-source licensing model that now exists."
Hmm - not sure what the GPL has to do with licensing models, but anyway.
"There are dozens of projects that are incompatible with the GPL license,
Urlocker said. For example, the GPL prohibits an "advertising" clause.
However, MySQL doesn't mind if someone combines MySQL Client libraries with a
license that has such a clause. One exception Urlocker is working on will
enable use of MySQL software in such a case."
Not sure what this is - old BSD? new XFree?
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
