Martin Schulze wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 13, 1998 at 01:48:58AM -0400, Kevin Atkinson wrote: > > After carefully reading over the license of Mysql it seems like it could > > be included in the main > > distribution area. > > > > I am wondering exactly what parts are preventing it from being > > included. > > > > Is it that you must purchase it if you wish to develop commercial > > applications that require it? > > Please go back and reed the Mysql license and the Debian Free > Software Guidelines. > > >From the Mysql copyright: > > Copyright: > > MYSQL FREE PUBLIC LICENSE > (Version 4, March 5, 1995) > > 2. Restrictions. > > This license is subject to the following restrictions: > > (a) Distribution of the Program or any work based on the Program by a > commercial organization to any third party is prohibited if any payment is > made in connection with such distribution, whether directly (as in payment > for a copy of the Program) or indirectly (as in payment for some service > related to the Program, or payment for some product or service that > includes a copy of the Program "without charge"; these are only examples, > and not an exhaustive enumeration of prohibited activities). However, the > following methods of distribution involving payment shall not in and of > themselves be a violation of this restriction: > > (i) Posting the Program on a public access information storage > and retrieval service for which a fee is received for retrieving > information (such as an on-line service), provided that the fee is not > content-dependent (i.e., the fee would be the same for retrieving the > same volume of information consisting of random data). > > (ii) Distributing the Program on a CD-ROM, provided that the > files containing the Program are reproduced entirely and verbatim on such > CD-ROM, and provided further that all information on such CD-ROM be > redistributable for non-commercial purposes without charge. > > [..] > > (c) You must meet all of the following conditions with respect to the > distribution of any work based on the Program: > > [..] > > (ii) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that > in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part > thereof, to be licensed as a whole and at no charge to all third parties > under the terms of this License; > > [..] > > This fails #1 of the DFSG as written: > > 1. Free Redistribution > The license of a Debian component may not restrict any party from > selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate > software distribution containing programs from several different > sources. The license may not require a royalty or other fee for > such sale. >
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