Good news for the world, and Mandrake as well.. http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000628/ca_va_linu.html Excerpt: MySQL has been re-licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) from the Free Software Foundation, the same license used by the Linux operating system kernel. Programmers around the world can now freely distribute modifications and enhancements to the latest beta and future releases of MySQL source code. Don Head [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Linux Mentor [1 314 692-1942] Wave Technologies, Inc. [1 800 826-4640 x1942] [AIM - Don Wave][ICQ - 18804935][Yahoo - Don_Wave]