Re: [Maria-discuss] Additional promise to the MCA

2009-10-08 Thread Arjen Lentz
Hi Henrik On 09/10/2009, at 5:28 AM, Henrik Ingo wrote: On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 1:42 AM, Michael Widenius wrote: Henrik> I then of course have not had time to write the intro. (I don't mind Henrik> if someone else does it, as long as the legal text is as above, minus Henrik> the last parag

Re: [Maria-discuss] Additional promise to the MCA

2009-10-08 Thread Henrik Ingo
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 1:42 AM, Michael Widenius wrote: > Henrik> I then of course have not had time to write the intro. (I don't mind > Henrik> if someone else does it, as long as the legal text is as above, minus > Henrik> the last paragraph.) > > I would however like to know what problems the l

Re: [Maria-discuss] Additional promise to the MCA

2009-10-08 Thread Arjen Lentz
Hi Monty On 08/10/2009, at 6:52 PM, Michael Widenius wrote: Arjen> On 08/10/2009, at 5:24 AM, Michael Widenius wrote: It would be nice if Sun also could work with BSD, but we have learned the hard way that they don't accept code under the BSD license :( Arjen> You mean Sun/MySQL then, becau

Re: [Maria-discuss] Additional promise to the MCA

2009-10-08 Thread Michael Widenius
Hi! > "Arjen" == Arjen Lentz writes: Arjen> Hi Monty, all Arjen> On 08/10/2009, at 5:24 AM, Michael Widenius wrote: >> It would be nice if Sun also could work with BSD, but we have learned >> the hard way that they don't accept code under the BSD license :( Arjen> You mean Sun/MySQL then,

Re: [Maria-discuss] Additional promise to the MCA

2009-10-08 Thread Michael Widenius
Hi! > "Arjen" == Arjen Lentz writes: Arjen> Hi Monty Arjen> On 08/10/2009, at 8:48 AM, Michael Widenius wrote: Arjen> Dual would only make sense for discrete/distinct components, >> but even Arjen> there it might be easier to just have it be GPL or BSD. >> >> This is for the case where t

Re: [Maria-discuss] Additional promise to the MCA

2009-10-07 Thread Arjen Lentz
Hi Monty On 08/10/2009, at 8:48 AM, Michael Widenius wrote: Arjen> Dual would only make sense for discrete/distinct components, but even Arjen> there it might be easier to just have it be GPL or BSD. This is for the case where the customer does not want to have the code under GPL. BSD is not

Re: [Maria-discuss] Additional promise to the MCA

2009-10-07 Thread Michael Widenius
Hi! > "Arjen" == Arjen Lentz writes: Arjen> Hi Monty, Henrik Arjen> On 07/10/2009, at 12:34 AM, Michael Widenius wrote: >> I still think it's quite long and not much easier to understand that >> what we have now: >> >> "Monty Program Ab agrees that when it dual licenses code, it will not >

Re: [Maria-discuss] Additional promise to the MCA

2009-10-07 Thread Michael Widenius
Hi! > "Henrik" == Henrik Ingo writes: Henrik> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Michael Widenius wrote: >>> "Henrik" == Henrik Ingo writes: >> Henrik> Hi all Henrik> As Monty blogged some time ago Henrik> http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2009/08/thoughts-about-dual-licensing-open.html

Re: [Maria-discuss] Additional promise to the MCA

2009-10-07 Thread Arjen Lentz
Hi Monty, all On 08/10/2009, at 5:24 AM, Michael Widenius wrote: It would be nice if Sun also could work with BSD, but we have learned the hard way that they don't accept code under the BSD license :( You mean Sun/MySQL then, because for Drizzle, Sun does work with BSD code. That's actually

Re: [Maria-discuss] Additional promise to the MCA

2009-10-07 Thread Michael Widenius
Hi! > "MARK" == MARK CALLAGHAN writes: MARK> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Arjen Lentz wrote: >> Hi Monty, Henrik >> >> On 07/10/2009, at 12:34 AM, Michael Widenius wrote: >>> >>> I still think it's quite long and not much easier to understand that >>> what we have now: >>> >>> "Monty

Re: [Maria-discuss] Additional promise to the MCA

2009-10-07 Thread Henrik Ingo
On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 2:15 AM, Arjen Lentz wrote: > On 07/10/2009, at 12:34 AM, Michael Widenius wrote: >> >> I still think it's quite long and not much easier to understand that >> what we have now: >> > > In that case you might as well just keep it all GPL or BSD and sell it > rather than dual

Re: [Maria-discuss] Additional promise to the MCA

2009-10-06 Thread MARK CALLAGHAN
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Arjen Lentz wrote: > Hi Monty, Henrik > > On 07/10/2009, at 12:34 AM, Michael Widenius wrote: >> >> I still think it's quite long and not much easier to understand that >> what we have now: >> >> "Monty Program Ab agrees that when it dual licenses code, it will not

Re: [Maria-discuss] Additional promise to the MCA

2009-10-06 Thread Arjen Lentz
Hi Monty, Henrik On 07/10/2009, at 12:34 AM, Michael Widenius wrote: I still think it's quite long and not much easier to understand that what we have now: "Monty Program Ab agrees that when it dual licenses code, it will not restrict the way the third party licensee uses the licensed copy of t

Re: [Maria-discuss] Additional promise to the MCA

2009-10-06 Thread Henrik Ingo
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Michael Widenius wrote: >> "Henrik" == Henrik Ingo writes: > > Henrik> Hi all > Henrik> As Monty blogged some time ago > Henrik> > http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2009/08/thoughts-about-dual-licensing-open.html > Henrik> ...we want to add a promise to our Maria

Re: [Maria-discuss] Additional promise to the MCA

2009-10-06 Thread Michael Widenius
hi! > "Oleksandr" == Oleksandr Byelkin writes: Oleksandr> Hi! Oleksandr> 15 сент. 2009, в 17:11, Henrik Ingo написал(а): Oleksandr> [skip] >> As a special note, it is observed that the Monty Program Ab >> Contributor >> Agreement itself fulfills these requirements. Also note that this >

Re: [Maria-discuss] Additional promise to the MCA

2009-10-06 Thread Michael Widenius
Hi! > "Henrik" == Henrik Ingo writes: Henrik> Hi all Henrik> As Monty blogged some time ago Henrik> http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2009/08/thoughts-about-dual-licensing-open.html Henrik> ...we want to add a promise to our MariaDB contributors signing the Henrik> MCA, that we will not use t

Re: [Maria-discuss] Additional promise to the MCA

2009-09-16 Thread Oleksandr Byelkin
Hi! 15 сент. 2009, в 17:11, Henrik Ingo написал(а): [skip] As a special note, it is observed that the Monty Program Ab Contributor Agreement itself fulfills these requirements. Also note that this promise does not not extend as a requirement to 3rd parties so as to restrict their rights to l

[Maria-discuss] Additional promise to the MCA

2009-09-16 Thread Henrik Ingo
Hi all As Monty blogged some time ago http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2009/08/thoughts-about-dual-licensing-open.html ...we want to add a promise to our MariaDB contributors signing the MCA, that we will not use their contributions to restrict other licensees ability to contribute to Open Source.