If MySQL is open source (It is already, no?), then hopefully the community will take it back and develop it.<br><br>Robin<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/15/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">puregin</b> <<a href="mailto:puregin@puregin.org">
puregin@puregin.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>On 14-Feb-2006, at 11:11 PM, Gordon Heydon wrote:
<br><br>> Hi,<br>><br>> On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 05:50 +0000, John Handelaar wrote:<br>>> Khalid B wrote:<br>>>> Oracle bought SleepyCat, the makers of the Berkeley DB that powers<br>>>> MySQL's BDB tables.
<br>>>> Previously, they bought InnoBase, makers of InnoDB.<br>>>><br>>>> This can spell financial trouble for MySQL AB (the company), since<br>>>> they rely on Inno<br>>>> for non-GPL licensed versions.
<br>>>><br>>>> MyISAM is still there, but for commerical applications, this may<br>>>> be bad news.<br>>><br>>><br>>> No Drupal site needs a 'commercial' MySQL license.<br>>
<br>> Yes this is true, but without MySQL AB, MySQL development will not<br>> be as<br>> active as it is currently is, and any new advancements will not be as<br>> dramatic, and will most likely fall behind other database systems.
<br>><br>> This will affect Drupal.<br>><br>> On the other hand this will mean that we will need to use another<br>> database.<br><br> Oracle? ;)<br>><br>> Gordon.<br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all">
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