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| Osvaldo Muzzio... |
 Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 2:42 am |
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What are the licensing implications of using Ingres 9.3 GPL in production?
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| Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 5:15 am |
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Just replied to another person on this.....The key is whether or not you
intend to re-distribute any code you write against Ingres outside your
company..if you do, then it also needs to be licensed under GPL (which
requires releasing the source); if you don't then there's not much to
worry about on the licensing front.
What is a much bigger problem with the community version is that Ingres
Corp does not offer support for it (and that includes patching and bug
fix support). As most people on this list will tell you, using a
database server in production without buying support is like driving a
car without buying insurance...it's just a crazy idea. Just think about
how much it will cost your company in lost productivity if your Ingres
production system went out, and remember you won't be able to get a
patch to fix any bugs you find...Ingres support is just about the
cheapest insurance you will buy (and the best quality one
available....but that's a biased opinion).
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stephenb
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