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On 10/16/2005 5:25 PM, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
On Sun, 16 Oct 2005, Chris Travers wrote:

Marc G. Fournier wrote:




They do not "own" MaxDB. They license it, just like Innodb.


Damn, do they ever have alot of "loose ends" ... what part, exactly, constitutes "MySQL" vs third party add ons? :)

If MaxDB, InnoDB, and DBD engines are all licensed, then they have problems.

Thank god our biggest headaches have been "can we include readline, since its GPL?" and "we need to re-write ARC *just in case* IBM decides to enforce their patent" :)"

You mean "their eventually someday to be patent".


Jan

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