RE: Toad vs TOra vs ?
- From: Paul Drake <discgolfdba@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 08:56:56 -0700 (PDT)
--- "Jesse, Rich" <Rich.Jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Yes, there is a glimmer of hope! The wonderful TOAD
> team has released a =
> freeware (at least for now) version of TOAD for
> MySQL. =
> http://www.toadsoft.com Attempts at gleaning
> insight to TOAD for =
> Oracle on Linux have been met with
> politically-correct answers, though. =
> If I had to guess, it's legal difficulty. From the
> output of an "ldd" =
> on the MySQL version, I'd think they'd have to
> release the source code, =
> since it relies on some GNU libs. I'm also guessing
> that Quest's =
> acquisition of TOra had something to do with it.
>
> Keep yer fingees crossed!
>
> Rich
Rich,
That is such a myth that deserves to be destroyed.
Linking against a GNU library does not require that
one release their source code under the GPL.
Please don't perpetuate free software and open source
software licensing myths. Please.
thanks,
Paul
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