On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 18:03 +0200, Thomas Zehetbauer wrote: > On Mit, 2004-10-27 at 10:59 -0400, James Kosin wrote: > > If all these things are true, then why doesn't Fedora Core x contain the > > latest MySQL version? > > That is a very good question that has been the subject of many lengthy > discussions here. To make a long story short: > - MySQL has changed their license to GPL (or commercial) with release 4 > - RedHat has pointed out that this does not allow shipping PHP binaries > linked against MySQL > - MySQL has provided the FOSS exception > - RedHat came up with the lame excuse that their legal department is not > satisfied with the FOSS exception but failed to provide any arguments > Thomas, I find it reprehensible that you are very close to copy/pasting old arguments here which have already been beaten to death. Search for "lame excuse" on the fedora-test-list archives to see what I mean. Red Hat lives in a very litigious country (the USA). They have to worry about what their legal department tells them. If they believe they could be at risk of a lawsuit (and others have demonstrated to you on other lists that they *could be* at risk), then they damn well sure are going to take their lawyers' advice over yours. You think you're smarter than they are? Get your own lawyers (since you have already admitted that you are not a lawyer and not qualified to offer a legal opinion) and go convince Red Hat why they are wrong BASED ON THE LAW and not on your opinions. Besides, Red Hat is entirely entitled to disagree with you and simply choose not to include MySQL for any other reason. They are not obligated to include it just because you (or ten billion other beings) demand it. Period, end of story. It's their decision, not their "lame excuse." You don't like it? Switch distros, roll your own MySQL, or live with it. As I asked before on a separate list, which part of those choices do you refuse to understand? ----- For the record, I have no opinion on the legal merits or lack thereof in the licensing change. I don't know much about licensing, or the law in this case, and I don't care. My only opinion is that MySQL AB made a change in their commercial practices in an open market, and that many customers are choosing to take their business elsewhere. That's what happens when the market doesn't like your choices. Tough. Cheers, -- Rodolfo J. Paiz <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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