--- Howard Cole <howard.cole@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Although not appropriate for a speed comparison, you > might want to note > that the use of Mysql versions 4.0 upward now > require commercial license > for clients, which are no longer LGPL, whereas > Postgres is free (BSD > license). This makes transactions per dollar an > interesting statistic > when comparing the Postgres and MySql! > Reading over their site that doesn't appear true for every case. The client libraries are under the GPL and thus any application that links to them would also be covered under the GPL. No commercial license is required unless the terms of the GPL (ie: if you distribute a binary to someone you must also be willing to distribute your source code if asked) a problem. Regards, Shelby Cain __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
