Well put. I concur. -----Original Message----- From: development-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:development-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Robert Douglass Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 12:21 PM To: development@drupal.org Subject: Re: [development] Microsoft SQL Server AjK, I didn't follow the discussion that occurred around your module and don't know what the issues were, but I personally don't see any problems with commercial associations as long as they are kept in the open. In fact, I think it is healthy for people to be able to make money with free software. MS-SQL support would be a fantastic thing for Drupal to have, as would Oracle and DB2 support. Anybody who would shoot these down has their head in some Gnu's butt. -Robert AjK wrote:
I'm interested in resuming support for MS SQL Server.
I was recently "knocked back" from submitting a module because it had a connection with a "commercial product"
The reason given was that a recent decision was made that Drupal stuff wouldn't concern itself with commercial software.
Having said that, in another recent email it was noted that this policy needs to be reviewed again.
My module is just a kind of simple "stats for your website" product.
Wouldn't bolting on MS-SQL represent a much larger association with a commercial product?
I'm not bothered by the exclusion of my module one bit btw, just thought that if there's a time and a place for a policy review then bolting MS-SQL is a good kick off point as MS-SQL is about as commercial a product you're likely to see ;)
best regards AjK