[GENERAL] GT.M database open sourced (fwd)

[Mark Szidik]

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Mark Szidik
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Michigan Library Consortium    http://www.mlc.lib.mi.us

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 09:09:13 -0500
From: Adam Lang <aalang@rutgersinsurance.com>
To: PGSQL General <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] GT.M database open sourced

Actually, I liked this quote: ""By making our database technology and
programming language available on the GNU/Linux platform, we inherit a
worldwide group of programming and testing resources that will cooperate
with us, while working on their own behalf to enhance the software.
Potentially, this opens a new revenue stream for Sanchez," said K.S.
Bhaskar, vice president of Sanchez' Greystone Group."

Basically they are looking for the community to code and test the x86
version, and they will port code and fixes to their other platforms to sell.
It seems like an attempt at downsizing the development team. ;)

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "Ned Lilly" <ned@greatbridge.com>
Cc: "PostgreSQL General" <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] GT.M database open sourced


> Ned Lilly <ned@greatbridge.com> writes:
> > Is anybody familiar with this?
> > http://news.excite.com:80/news/bw/001107/pa-sanchez
>
> This strikes me as some people who hope to freeload off open-source
> efforts, without having actually learned anything about how the
> community works.  Did you catch this:
>
> :  GT.M is currently available on the IBM RS/6000 AIX, Compaq Alpha/AXP
Tru64
> :  UNIX and Open VMS, HP Series 9000 HP-UX, Sun SPARC Solaris and x86
> :  GNU/Linux. The release of GT.M as open source freeware applies only
> :  to the x86 GNU/Linux platform.
>
> Aside from pissing off those of us who use one of those other platforms
> ;-), there's the question of whether Sanchez actually thinks that people
> are not going to be able to figure out how to port the code to non-x86-
> Linux platforms... or does their "open source" license say you're not
> allowed to do that?
>
> regards, tom lane