MySQL and SCO Join Forces

matchboy writes "CNET is reporting that MySQL and SCO have signed a partnership to work on "joint certification, marketing, sales, training and business development work for a version of the database for SCO's new OpenServer 6 version of Unix." Why would MySQL decide to work directly with a company that has deemed the GPL as unconstitutional?"

Comments

Re:Just use PostgreSQL...

[Omnifarious]

This is a cut & paste of a piece of advertisement and marketing fluff. I don't care how good PostresSQL is, if it has people like you behind it I want no part of it.

Re:Just use PostgreSQL...

[Omnifarious]

*rolls eyes* It is not 'information'. It is awful corporatese that tells me almost nothing. If you had bothered to understand it yourself and posted stuff about your personal experiences or understanding of how Postgress SQL is better than MySQL, I'd be all ears. But this garbage deserves a -1 spam rating.

I've been saying that for years

[istartedi]

Given that the GPL is designed to subvert copyright, and that the constitution grants congress the power to copyright to promote arts and sciences, and further given that it can be argued that the GPL goes against that goal (Stallman has expressly stated that he would rather have GPL'd software, even if the non-GPL'd is better); I think the claim to unconstitutionality is compelling. Most likely, it's unarguable in court, since the FSF lawyers have worked within the system and followed the law to the letter. The SCOTUS would have to rule from the bench based on something other than the letter of the law, implying that the FSF is some sort of subversive organization, and as much as I agree with that, I don't want to go down that road. It's too much of a "nuclear option" that could be used against things I like, or even me personally.

I'd rather fight the GPL other ways, by not using it, by avoiding participating in such projects when possible; by constructively engaging those who do participate and explaining my viewpoints in a gentlemanly manner (something sorely lacking in politics these days), by supporting OSS under better licenses such as BSD, and by producing software so good that no GPL weenie can beat it. That's the American way!