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| DATE | 2010-01-04 |
| FROM | Paul Charles Leddy
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] MySQL issues
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From owner-hangout-outgoing-at-mrbrklyn.com Mon Jan 4 09:57:48 2010 Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Received: by www2.mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) id 13DB456F15; Mon, 4 Jan 2010 09:57:48 -0500 (EST) Delivered-To: hangout-outgoing-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com Received: by www2.mrbrklyn.com (Postfix, from userid 28) id 04DF856F29; Mon, 4 Jan 2010 09:57:47 -0500 (EST) Delivered-To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Received: from mail-px0-f172.google.com (mail-px0-f172.google.com [209.85.216.172]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90A3056F15 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 2010 09:57:47 -0500 (EST) Received: by pxi2 with SMTP id 2so202241pxi.11 for ; Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:55:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ReBk6GP5u6CLKzcnW8YMOXO2nsSVcz5ve+x3DKMgFXM=; b=vPqIjtrlEwUX9BMCZgCSNvPxtRWZ14D+IdR0FJVnCZIsgRus11yI6eZwHqJBXlvq8w Z+zhYqcolPLvWcpeuWZRg4zMMxkmc6VjtHq6dQLfF6P4PxI2Sh+Cdt2Qu33pdgykpFkD EaaDJrOEKmPv9xGXTpTuyYYxL+1RTG0iOHwWk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=O3I7B8uxsIVbFdUfAujMhy9pCCxx0k+jdwmKHLbFB6NYcdlMFCvhwtHjk+v1CrwJ4s m3iQk0P8AjhHb6AI7cN9zYJjLxQXID/ngA2hSY7DdCmDa5Om4M6ThhL9+kM9+rb3dqwH h43QK6RLPP1rM9xcQx61KOo/8BFUHmSRPPSL8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.114.22.18 with SMTP id 18mr660945wav.93.1262616927152; Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:55:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B401D78.4000505-at-vnetworx.net> References: <20100101190841.GC559-at-panix.com> <20100101215450.GA21859-at-panix.com> <20100101215521.GA5063-at-panix.com> <4B401D78.4000505-at-vnetworx.net> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 09:55:27 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] MySQL issues From: Paul Charles Leddy To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com
OK, this is a perfect explanation. Got it, thanks, Ron.
On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Ron Guerin wrote: > Paul Charles Leddy wrote: >> Can anyone clarify the dual-license deal in a paragraph w/ less than >> 10 sentences? I am still unsure on that measure. >> > > When there is a single copyright holder over GPL code, as in the case of > MySQL, that entity has the right to change the license for new versions, > and the right to offer the code under multiple licenses (terms) > simultaneously. =A0In this case, whoever owns the MySQL copyrights is abl= e > to distribute it under both GPL and proprietary, closed source > licenses. =A0In other words, I can go to Sun and buy a license to > distribute closed source versions of MySQL. =A0If MySQL were under a BSD > license, then everyone could offer MySQL under multiple licenses, not > just the copyright holder. =A0This is the root of why BSD license > proponents argue that their license is more free than the GPL. =A0BSD > offers you the right to deny others the freedoms you received. =A0Monty > can't offer his fork of MySQL to anyone under anything other than the > terms of the GPL unless he can get the license changed or > (theoretically) purchase a license from Sun/Oracle to distribute under > non-GPL terms. > > - Ron >
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