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So if MySQL disappears (at least, stops having new releases), what does it mean for RethinkDB? (Their software is a drop-in storage engine for MySQL).
by profquail 17y ago
So if MySQL disappears (at least, stops having new releases), what does it mean for RethinkDB? (Their software is a drop-in storage engine for MySQL).
- coffeemug 17y agoHow could GPL software disappear?
- forensic 17y agoAct of Congress
- pyman 17y agoWho wrote that clearly doesn't have a clue of what's going on. Drizzle is a fork of MySQL 6.0! You cannot buy open-source software, only the people building it.
- ErrantX 17y agofuture versions / developments could disappear (or be licensed as closed source). I imagine that is what is meant.
- coffeemug 17y agoYou cannot relicense GPL as closed source (i.e. you could stop licensing the code to all parties that want an exclusive, but you can't "close" the existing branches and you can't prevent forks). The fact that the core team can stop development is a much more concrete problem. I wouldn't worry about it though, it's too valuable for too many people. Percona is patching MySQL, along with Google, Facebook, Monty's MariaDB company, etc. If anything, MySQL is more alive than ever before.
- ErrantX 17y agoWell the other guy was talking about future updates/changes. Which can completely be license differently. Oracle could make some changes and release it under Foo license tomorrow if they wanted.
- profquail 17y agoSorry, I should clarify...I meant to say, "stops getting updated", "is forked", etc. If Oracle stops developing MySQL, then it's forked, will larger software companies balk at deploying the forked versions, given that the developer base is fractured (and thus might not be able to find/patch bugs as well)?