Re: Nusphere/MySQL-AB arguing

On Friday 13 July 2001 20:01, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
> > The issues involve the MySQL trademark, MySQL websites, the GPL, and
> > open source community development.

> Coming to a court near you:

For some reason I don't see any of these happening.

For one, PostgreSQL isn't a dictatorship like many other open source projects
(MySQL, the Linux Kernel, for two handy examples) are.  It is an oligarchy,
which in this case is not a bad thing, as the oligarchs (the 'Steering
Committee' or 'core') are not all employed by one company.

Contributions to PostgreSQL are accepted without requiring copyright transfer
-- which is also a good thing.

Altogether, this is one of the more open 'Open Source' projects -- and there
is a real community feeling here.
--
Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
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