Hi Bruce,

It's an important aspect you bring up. I'm afraid however that having the binaries behind login is a conscious decision.

All connector source code is of course open and available on Github and everyone is more than welcome to participate in the development of them. The main organization currently behind the connectors is MariaDB Corporation, meaning that most of the development, building, testing and packaging for the various platforms happens there.

To be able to develop, for example, the connectors further, the company needs to somehow be able to reach potential users and even in some cases create some business around them. That is the main reason for requiring free registration. I hope it's not a huge problem and I think it's a fairly common practice for open source companies nowadays.

Nothing has however changed regarding licensing of the connectors. They are still LGPL.

Best regards,
Rasmus


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On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Bruce Carlson <Bruce.Carlson@nepean.com> wrote:

Hi,

 

I’m trying to download the latest stable version of the MariaDB .net ODBC install MSI but every time I try I get directed to a log in page where I can’t get any further unless I create some sort of personal information divulgence account.

I have never had to do this before with any open source software.

Where can I go to download the MSI without having to create an account that I have no intentions of ever doing.

I have been using MySQL ever since the early days of version 3 something and have been using MariaDB ever since inception after the split with MySQL.

I’m a dedicated and heavy user and supporter of MariaDB and have been for decades.

If I am no longer able to download updates etc. without having to create some sort of GOOGLE account then I will not use MariaDB, I will find an alternative.

 

Please advise.

 

Bruce Carlson

 

 


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