Posted by Andrew DeFaria on 09/29/05 09:15

Erwin Moller wrote:
> Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>> Erwin Moller wrote:
>>> Well, Postgresql is more free than MySQL...
>> Huh? I paid $0 for MySQL. How much more free is Postgresql? Will they
>> actually pay me to use it? I'm confused.
> Free as in 'Freedom', not as in 'free beer'. (c) Richard Stallman
>
> Yes, it is true that mySQL can be downloaded and used for 0 dollars.
> That is the 'free beer' part.
Free as in I didn't pay anything for it. Everything else is pretty much
irrelevant!
> But the licences of mySQL, to which you agreed by using it, are not GPL.
BFD!
> If this doesn't make any sense to you, please read on here:
> www.gnu.org
> or
> www.fsf.org (Free Software Foundation)
It not whether or not it makes cents (pun semi-intended), it's that it's
largely irrelevant to me (and most other people for that mater).
> That is why I said: 'more free'. Postgresql is completely free to
> use, modify, even sell it if you manage. MySQL has a less free licence.
Again, for my purposes all that's totally irrelevant.
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Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID that he just
whipped out a quarter?

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