Rod Taylor wrote:
>> Just because something is GPL does not mean it will live on. The point
>> that they "require" everyone to sign over the copyright of every code
>> contribution (they call it "donation") in order to add it to the source
>> tree prevents serious contributors from doing so. There has been not a
>> single, substantial code contribution to the server up to this day.
>
> Do they require you to sign over the copyright even if you do not wish
> to include your code in their distribution but intend to simply fork it?
You are free to fork at any time, it's GPL. But you have to do it on
your own server in the first place. They are running the repository and
the mailing lists and everything else by now, and they will just not
apply your changes without sign over, period.
So one has to set up a repository, some mailing lists and the whole
infrastructure for what? You need to listen to the MySQL community once,
and how they worship their gods of SQL for all their goodness and
wisdom. You will be flamed to death for your blasphemy!
Jan
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