[thelist] Database Licensing Question

Raditha Dissanayake jabber at raditha.com
Tue Dec 21 08:25:06 CST 2004


Alex Farran wrote:

>Burhan Khalid writes:
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>>Hello All:
>>   I'm going to be writing an application that will be using a
>>database to store some information and print reports.  The application
>>will be closed source, and its for sale to a client.
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>>   Now, the issue is with the database backend that I will use.
>>MySQL, if I read the licensing page correctly, will require me to
>>purchase a commercial license because the product is closed source.
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>They want you to read it that way, but their interpretation of the GPL
>is a bit of a stretch. 
>
I am in full agreement with you on that. Stretch their argument a bit 
more and even outhouse and IE will have to be GPLed because it's 
connecting to open mail and web servers

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