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The Non-Revocable GPL (Groklaw)- how about SAPDB/MAXDB?

The Non-Revocable GPL (Groklaw)- how about SAPDB/MAXDB?

Posted Jan 29, 2008 0:25 UTC (Tue) by cherev_emes (guest, #50183)
Parent article: The Non-Revocable GPL (Groklaw)

This article and message seem most timely and befitting because SAP recently returned
SAPDB/MAXDB to closed source after they terminated their relationship with MySQL. I wonder if
SAP will be given a pass for this, or if someone will ask SAP to justify themselves. After
all, some of the best tested and operating database code ever written for and running on Linux
was just removed from public access. I would think this deserves an explanation.


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The Non-Revocable GPL (Groklaw)- how about SAPDB/MAXDB?

Posted Jan 29, 2008 10:53 UTC (Tue) by epa (subscriber, #39769) [Link]

Surely MAXDB 7.6 with the GNU GPL copying permission notice is still available somewhere?

The Non-Revocable GPL (Groklaw)- how about SAPDB/MAXDB?

Posted Jan 29, 2008 11:06 UTC (Tue) by epa (subscriber, #39769) [Link]

I found the last GPL release of MAXDB at
<http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/mysql/Downloads/...>.

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