Re: Some free utilities for Java, with Hebrew support.
bbound@gmail.com wrote:
On Sep 23, 11:17 pm, Arne VajhHj <a...@vajhoej.dk> wrote:
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And we are not discussing any of them. The only protocols at issue
here have GPL implementations and thus can hardly be called "closed".
First: GPL licenses apply to source code not to protocols, so
what you are writing does not make much sense.
Yes, it does make sense. You implied that the protocol used by MySQL
client/server pairs was proprietary, which is clearly wrong since
there's an open source implementation of the client side AND an open
source implementation of the server side.
I repeat:
- code can be either closed source or open source
- one form of open source code is via the GPL license
- protocols can be proprietary or open standards
There are nothing preventing closed source from implementing
an open standard protocol or open source to implement a
proprietary protocol.
2) that there are market for more than one vendor
There are markets for products and services, not for vendors (well,
maybe them too, when you include the stock market, but we were
discussing DBMS products, not stocks).
You seem to not get the point here.
3) it is possible to compete development wise with the company that
defines the protocol
Are you changing the subject again? The only protocol originally under
discussion here, and the only one relevant here, has GPL
implementations of both ends. We're not talking some proprietary
Microsoft protocol that M$ changes randomly with every new version to
stop OpenOffice, Linux, or whatever from easily interoperating with
Windows. :P
MySQL can change this proprietary protocol exactly as Microsft
can change their proprietary protocols.
It will be easier to reverse engineer.
But that will not sound too appealing to paying customers.
I don't think FooSoft would make money.
Think whatever you wish; it won't change the facts.
The fact is that FooSoft does not exist today.
If you think FooSoft will make money, then start
PD MySQL Client Library Inc. yourself.
Arne