Re: java serialization alternative
Donald McLean <[email protected]> Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:31:48 -0400
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Endre Stølsvik wrote: > John Wilson wrote: >> On 4 Apr 2008, at 09:50, Endre Stølsvik wrote: >>> What do others think about these issues? >> >> >> I think it's a very interesting discussion to have on a mailing list >> other than this one. > > Which one would that be? > > The-same-people-as-on-advanced-java-only-this-list-is-about-licensing ? > > See, when this style of licensing was brought up (kind of), it hit me > that it would be interesting and enlightening to hear what "advanced > java folks" thought about this somewhat important issue in our occupation. As Ned Ryerson would say - Bing! Every now and then, someone brings up MySql and I go back and look at it. Then I read the licensing and decide that it isn't a brand of dog food that I would want to eat. The db4objects license doesn't look any more appetizing to me. JetBrains (a commercial company that has no pretenses of being an open source company) has licensing policies for its products that seem (to me anyway) to be very nearly as open source friendly as db4objects. There is obviously then, some gray area between makes an organization "open source" versus merely "open source friendly". I'm not going to pretend that there is a right answer or that I believe that any of these organizations are making claims that they are not entitled to. However, I have no interest in using db4objects or MySql - and that is unlikely to change. =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com