MySQL and open source

[Björnke von Gierke]

Ruslan. You do know that a legal contract do deliver something (for example source code) cannot be postponed indefinitely. Stop trying to stir up controversy where there is none please, it makes me want to puke.

On 27 Nov 2010, at 15:06, Ruslan Zasukhin wrote:

> On 11/27/10 3:37 PM, "Mark Schonewille" <m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com>
> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
>>> But exists yet NOT users, and even direct competitors.
>>> With GPL you must open your source to them all.
>> 
>> This is absolutely not true. I explained this in theh article.
> 
> May be then explain please once again?
> Because then it seems not only me is confused :-)
> 
> Just only 
> 
> On 11/27/10 2:42 PM, "Björnke von Gierke" <bvg at mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> The GPL mandates that anyone can get the code.
> 
>> The GPL does not mandate how and when you give
>> the source code to other people, only that you must do it.
> 
>            how and  *** when ***
> 
> joke about "100 years delay" in fact is true ?  :-)
> If this is true, then yes, this is big challenge personally for me.
> 
> Then I think all closed-source software can claim  that we all are GPL, and
> ready to open our sources, e.g. 100-1000 years later.
> 
> I.e. Oracle and MS SQL can claim they are open source? :-)
> Just 1000 years later ? Wait please ...
> 
> Is this right? 
> 
> 
> But again. I think the only final word can give lawyer experts in this area.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> 
> Ruslan Zasukhin
> VP Engineering and New Technology
> Paradigma Software, Inc
> 
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> 
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> 
> 
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