Cloudscape 10 and its free

[netman4ttm]

IBM has released Cloudscape 10. a Java embedded SQL database.
You have to register to get but it is worth it if you have any Java aspirations. In fact sign up for developer works and you get tons of free stuff including tutorials and IDE's.

[ronniethedodger]

Have a link for that Netman?

And which Cloudscape is this? A new version for IBM or are we talking the one that was (supposedly) released to the Public Domain into the care of Apache?

Seems that their is a question in regards to the licensing. IBM is saying one thing and Apache is saying something else to this regard.

[netman4ttm]

Ronnie,
I think this is their last issue then it's Apache
Not sure if this link will work unless you are registered with IBM
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerwork...ine/index.html

[ronniethedodger]

I guess the project is in incubation at Apache, it is called Derby now. More info on Cloudscape can be found here.

I noticed on that page, IBM states "Zero-cost licensing for both open source and commercial versions.". I was not aware of their being two licenses ... hmmm. This is what Groklaw was having a hard time figuring out right from the start.

While I can understand some enthusiasm over this move by IBM, you still have to question some of the motives behind it. One motive I can see is that development tools for Cloudscape are in large part IBM properties.

If this is truly going to be free licensing, I am wondering if other development tools and utilities will start to appear on the horizon. Much like phpMyAdmin and NavCat for MySQL.