Posted by Erwin Moller on 09/29/05 11:17

Andrew DeFaria wrote:

> 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!

Is it?
Well, that is your opinion: I do not agree.


>> 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.

Good for you.
Anyway, I was wrong: check Steve's response.
But that doesn't make it right that you don't care about anything except the
price.
But really: That is your business and not mine. :-)
I think Richard Stallman has very valid things to say. Did you read any?

Enjoy mySQL'ing!
(I'll stick to Postgresql, NOT because of the license, but because I like it
a lot better.)

Regards,
Erwin Moller

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