Re: [GENERAL] I see this as the end of BDB in MySQL without a doubt.

2006-02-16 Thread Chad
TJ, I will go back and study the PG backend API (its been a while since I last looked at it) and get back to you. I was assuming rather than stating that it didnt meet my needs. Do you have a link to its docs? BDBs basic C API is what I am talking about and particularly the abililty for fine grai

Re: [GENERAL] I see this as the end of BDB in MySQL without a doubt.

2006-02-15 Thread Stephen Frost
* Chad ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > course the product you own is called "MySQL". Do MySQL or any MySQL > customers need a commercial license for BDB? I think not. MySQL does > not as all its code is open source. As for MySQL customers, unless they > are making direct API calls into BDB (which most

Re: [GENERAL] I see this as the end of BDB in MySQL without a doubt.

2006-02-15 Thread Christopher Browne
Quoth [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Gigger): > Why doesn't mysql just forget the whole dual licensing of the server > thing and just tell everyone to use the GPL versions of everything. > Then dual license the client libraries which I would think they > already own outright. I think this is what forces

Re: [GENERAL] I see this as the end of BDB in MySQL without a doubt.

2006-02-15 Thread Rick Gigger
Why doesn't mysql just forget the whole dual licensing of the server thing and just tell everyone to use the GPL versions of everything. Then dual license the client libraries which I would think they already own outright. I think this is what forces most people to need a commercial licen

Re: [GENERAL] I see this as the end of BDB in MySQL without a doubt.

2006-02-15 Thread TJ O'Donnell
"Chad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "What we need now is an open source DB with clean APIs into various places in the software stack (eg we need a Berkeley DB kind of API under the hood into something like Postgres) A full bells and whistles relational DB with these low level ACCESS APIs will be a p

[GENERAL] I see this as the end of BDB in MySQL without a doubt.

2006-02-15 Thread Chad
I am not concerned about Sleepycat revoking their open source license for future versions of BDB. I am less concerned about them revoking licenses for current and older releases. That would be impossible. However this "deal" troubles me and I cant quite put my finger on why. I'll try to tease it ou