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MySQL-XML Released
Brandon Niemczyk writes "MySQL-XML version 1.12 was finally released (GPL) publicly. MySQL-XML is a set of classes to streamline XML to MySQL and MySQL to XML. It comes with an automatic PHP class generator so the developer can quickly create classes to customize utilizing databases and keeping the flexibility of XML. MySQL-XML homepage is http://www.capableweb.com and it can be downloaded at http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpsqlxml/"
Am I the only one thinking, "So what, 440 lines of PHP"?
Big deal.
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It says that the site was built with MySQL-XML. Does MySQL-XML eat punctuation or something?
"First you gotta do the truffle shuffle."
It doesn't seem to take advantage of any of the high-speed MySQL features - this could work with any DB, I'd bet.
When do we get Z39.50 support, then?
sub f{($f)=@_;print"$f(q{$f});";}f(q{sub f{($f)=@_;print"$f(q{$f});";}f});
Black text on dark-dark-blue background. This must be great stuff!
My other account has a 3-digit UID.
"Does the GPL permit that?"
The author(s) may licens their product(s) anyway they want, even in different versions.
For another example of this, look at Qt (www.trolltech.org). I'd say that it is a nice way to make money, while still contributing to the open source community.
It does not matter what they say on their page; if they have in fact released the project under the GPL, it can be used for commercial projects royalty free -- as long as those commercial users also uphold the GPL.
It is true that the copyright holder can release it under any license that they want to. This has nothing to do with that. If however they make their software available under an unmodified GPL -- which does permit commercial use -- then they can not modify that with another statement. Again, if they're releasing it under the GPL, it can be used for commercial use.
Trolltech was [mis-]used as an example. Trolltech, by releasing their code under the GPL does allow Qt's commercial use, royalty free, so long as the software that links to it conforms to the GPL -- in this case meaning that said software is also under the GPL.
However, said programmers can dual-license the code under the GPL (which allows for GPL compliant commercial use) and anything else. In this case, what Trolltech does is makes it so that owners of commercial licenses do not have to release their code in compliance with the GPL -- i.e. they don't have to release their code at all.
Oh, did I mention that the GPL allows commercial use? ;-)
This is basicly the business model that MySql uses. You can use MySql for free as long as you use it within the limitations of GPL, otherwise you'll have to acquire a commercial license. Kind of neat idea, even though I'm not sure what RMS thinks of it... :)
Why does the kernel go through stable and then unstable forks? Can't it always be a stable build, like with Windows?
Try SAP DB. It seriously competes with Oracle and DB2 and is a helluva lot cheaper, not to mention being available under the GPL/LGPL.