[Info-vax] a cool database... as replacement for RMS index-sequential files:: Was: VSI working on alternatives to Oracle Classic database:

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/21/2021 10:45 AM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2021-01-20 20:06:09 +0000, Arne Vajhj said:
>> On 1/20/2021 2:53 PM, Jeffrey H. Coffield wrote:
>>> My company has developed a JDBC driver for RMS indexed files and a 
>>> persistence layer that achieve this and allow effective joins across 
>>> both RMS and MySQL tables. We are in the process of packaging both 
>>> the driver and persistence layer as open source but are currently 
>>> uncertain of the correct license to use.
>>
>> I will suggest Apache License.
> 
> Apache 2 or BSD/MIT licenses are the most typical choices for source 
> code where the copyright holder doesn't wish to restrict source code 
> usage. I've used both licenses for releases, though will typically be 
> using Apache 2 for newer work.
> 
> The various versions of GPL and LGPL and related are so-called copyleft 
> licenses, and add requirements around certain actions with the source 
> code. I tend not to use GPL, LGPL, or analog, though comply when 
> modifying code covered by those.

Besides the differences in license terms there seems to be
a bit of fashion in open source licenses.

The C people more often choose BSD and LGPL.

The Java and the Apple people more often chose Apache.

The JS, PHP and .NET people more often chose MIT.

Arne