RealBasic pulls MySQL support
Ruslan Zasukhin
sunshine at public.kherson.ua
Wed Sep 12 13:45:59 EDT 2007
On 12/9/07 8:31 PM, "chris bohnert" <chris at altuit.com> wrote:
> Mark,
>
> Just my opinion here as issues surrounding MySQL's interpretation of the GPL
> seem to get foggier by the day.
>
> I'd imagine that Runrev avoids having to deal with RealBasics issues by
> using the older LGPL'd connector (which presumably stops working somewhere
> in the Mysql development roadmap). The problem here is that the older
> connector does not support many of the newer features. Realbasic
> specifically decided they needed support for the newer features and were
> thus willing to eat the GPL license for their connector.
I agree.
For example, I did have CocaMySQL built on old drivers,
And when our HOST provider have start to use mySQL 5.0,
It simply did not work in 50% of cases.
Have gone 6-8 months while new CocoaMySQL was shipped.
Btw, even for older drivers WAS ALSO commercial license.
They always did sale mySQL for money to DESKTOP Application developers.
> Interesting enough, the way I understand it, MySql offers a commercial
> license for its newer connector but that license may not be used to generate
> a plugin that connects to the GPL'd version of the MySql server...it may
> only connect to a commercially licensed version of their server.
>
> The FUD surrounding this issue has worked on me and we dropped all direct
> connection support for MySql about a year ago. We either use a different db
> or proxy requests through a php call.
Point is:
mySQL is attractive for ISP and may be other WEB developers.
but for DESKTOP applications they are not friendly.
--
Best regards,
Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc
Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information
http://www.paradigmasoft.com
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