On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 10:29, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 11:37:32 -0400, > "Scot L. Harris" <webid@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > One thing you need to check on when choosing between mysql and postresql > > is the licensing. postgresql is freely usable. mysql had changed their > > licensing a while back such that any commercial use of it required a > > license fee. Not sure if that is still the case but it was earlier this > > year. > > That is what they want you to think. MYSQL is GPL, including the libraries. > Becuase of threats made by the company that holds the copyrights on MYSQL, > you hould be more worried about getting sued in borderline cases. It may > cost you some money to establish what your rights really are with regard > to using GPL libraries. Which is why I choose to go with Postgresql. No fuzzy license issues with that. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx Runt packets
