[Leaplist] GPL good or bad?

[Steve Litt]

NoSQL is also excellent for many things.

On Tuesday 22 December 2009 00:28:01 Kevin Korb wrote:
> I thought you preferred that bash based thing you found a while back :P
> 
> On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:26:18 -0500
> 
> Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> > On Monday 21 December 2009 22:44:05 Jim Hartley wrote:
> > > A little while ago I decided I needed to do something with a data base
> > > (SQL). I looked at various choices, and MySQL was certainly a viable
> > > candidate to do the job. Then I looked at all the horse-hockey MySQL
> > > licensing ...
> > >
> > > I write stories and sell them to various pubs and e-pubs, and the
> > > database is to keep track of which stories I've sent where. I'm really
> > > trying to develop this into a paying business, filing a Schedule C with
> > > my taxes. Hmmm, that makes this a commercial venture ... what was that
> > > MySQL said about license fees for commercial use? Of course I doubt
> > > they'd ever find out if I just installed a GPL copy, but still ...
> > >
> > > So I used PostGreSQL, which has a nice simple FREE license for
> > > everyone. Problem solved!
> >
> > I prefer postgres myself.
> >
> > SteveT
> >
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