Re: MySQL has gone GPL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Hannu Krosing
Subject Re: MySQL has gone GPL
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Msg-id 395A2321.9B37C18E@tm.ee
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In response to MySQL has gone GPL  (Daniel Freedman <freedman@ccmr.cornell.edu>)
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Daniel Freedman wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Anyway, Yahoo reported this morning
> (http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000628/ca_va_linu.html) that MySQL formed a
> strategic alliance with VA Linux and released their MySQL product under
> the GPL license.

by going GPL and adding transactions they deserve at least a look :)

I wonder how they resolve(d) the problem with SleepyCat/BSD-DB (which 
they use for transaction support) _not_ being GPL .

---------------
Hannu


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