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Cal,

I want to state … this is a good product and the developer(s) has done a GREAT job. Please don't think that I don't appreciate the hard work that went into this. 🙂 And like Cal, I also respect one's right to license his/her product any way s/he sees fit.

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Do you use Windows? Why if it's not Open Source?

It's funny that you actually mentioned Windows to me … if you knew me, you would laugh too. I cannot stand Windows … nor do I willingly use it. I only use it at work (30% of the time) or for programs that the creators haven't written for Linux ( I know of one 😛 ). If SQLyog were GPL, I could rewrite it for Linux and have another reason to not use Windows.

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I will not refuse to use a product based solely on the concept that it is not OS. You use Windows, but it is not open source. Why hold SQLyog to a different standard simply because you did not have to pay for it?

You are making assumptions again that I willingly use windows … I actually refuse to use windows whenever I can because it's not GPL. Licensing can change at any moment – and does. (not to mention all of it's nice little call home features 😉 ). I hold Windows to the exact same standard I hold SQLyog.

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It is not true that user supplied patches insure stability. When a project is properly managed, open source or not, it will be stable. User supplied patches are just as likely to induce instability as closed source patches.

I don't think this was directed at me because I never said anything about stability. My reference to patching had to deal with the time a consumer has to wait until the lone developer gets around to developing a patch.

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There are many advantages for a consumer if a product is licensed under the GPL. The main one for me being that if I want to change something … I can.

What happens if development of this product is discontinued? I'm not going to roll this out to my company if I have no guarantee that it's going to be around in the future. I think the GPL guarantees this – whether I continue development or somebody else. What about upgrades / bug fixes? We have to wait for the developers to fix them.

I have nothing against this product, I downloaded it and really like it … I'll use it at home without hesitation. The problem arises, though, that I have no guarantee this is going to be free in the future or will evolve to meet my needs so how can I roll this out to my company? Maybe home users are the target audience for webyog, I don't know.

Any information to help remove my reservations is welcomed.

Thanks,

-joe

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Why not GPL this baby? I'm not trying to be a pest, just wondering.

Thanks,

-joe

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