MySQL ends distribution of Enterprise source tarballs
Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 71.131.183.10]
on August 09, 2007 05:34 PM
"If you value freedom in the software world, you won't even help to test PostgreSQL."
This is an incredibly stupid remark. The fact that a BSD-licensed product can be incorporated into a commercial closed product is precisely what is allowed by the license. That option increases the likelihood that an OSS product will be used.
The FSF fanatics need to realize that "freedom" of software is not the be-all and end-all of existence. To deny support to PostgreSQL, a long-standing and superior alternative to MySQL, would be to deny access to valuable technology to everyone, including "free" software advocates.
It's this kind of fanaticism that will end up destroying OSS AND "free" software.
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MySQL ends distribution of Enterprise source tarballs
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 71.131.183.10] on August 09, 2007 05:34 PMThis is an incredibly stupid remark. The fact that a BSD-licensed product can be incorporated into a commercial closed product is precisely what is allowed by the license. That option increases the likelihood that an OSS product will be used.
The FSF fanatics need to realize that "freedom" of software is not the be-all and end-all of existence. To deny support to PostgreSQL, a long-standing and superior alternative to MySQL, would be to deny access to valuable technology to everyone, including "free" software advocates.
It's this kind of fanaticism that will end up destroying OSS AND "free" software.
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