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This might create some complicated situations when the older versions become free and somebody decides to fork it to fix bugs that are present in the old (free)
by jpalomaki 10y ago
This might create some complicated situations when the older versions become free and somebody decides to fork it to fix bugs that are present in the old (free) version, but fixed in later (not-free) releases. I believe then you end up with the question was this fix back ported from new version or did the developer come up with it independently.
- stephenr 10y agoPercona is already maintaining a fork, as they do with MySQL itself. At this point I don't understand why anyone needing a MySQL solution wouldn't use Percona's packages. Edit: yes, Percona not persona.
- ebcode 10y agoPersona -> Percona
- montywi 10y agoWhen it comes to MaxScale, the older versions will get all security fixes and also critical bug fixes. The MariaDB corporation is also happy to accept contributions to the GPL and BSL code, so there is really no reason to do a fork, except for ones own personal gains. When it comes to code, it's usually very easy to see if code was backported or created independently, so this shouldn't be an issue.