I may have been a bit unclear and it is a year since I last looked at it (then I ran away very fast).
My interpretation was that if you distributed the db with your app (which is what I wanted to do) you needed to license MySql or gpl your code. Neither were attractive options. Regards Sean Cross IT Systems Development Manager Catalyst Risk Management PO Box 230 50 Dalton St Napier 4140 DDI: 06-8340362 mobile: 021 270 3466 Visit us at http://www.catalystrisk.co.nz/ Offices in Auckland, Napier, Wellington & Christchurch Disclaimer: "The information contained in this document is confidential to the addressee(s) and may be legally privileged. Any view or opinions expressed are those of the author and may not be those of Catalyst Risk Management. No guarantee or representation is made that this communication is free of errors, viruses or interference. If you have received this e-mail message in error please delete it and notify me. Thank you." > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:delphi- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Berend de Boer > Sent: Friday, 23 March 2007 12:14 p.m. > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > Subject: Re: [DUG] SQL 2005 express > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > >>>>> "Sean" == Sean Cross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sean> I'm not Berend but here is my 2.5c anyway. MySql is not > Sean> free except in very limited situations. If you are using it > Sean> for a desktop app, you will need to purchase a license > Sean> unless the app is gpl'ed. > > And lots more cases > (http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/opensource-license.html): > > Free use for those who never copy, modify or distribute. As long as > you never distribute the MySQL Software in any way, you are free to > use it for powering your application, irrespective of whether your > application is under GPL license or not. > > If you use it as part of a package, customers need a license. If your > offering an app over the web, I read in this that you don't. > > - -- > All the best, > > Berend de Boer > > > PS: This email has been digitally signed if you wonder what the strange > characters are that your outdated email client displays. > PGP public key: http://www.pobox.com/~berend/berend-public-key.txt > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 > <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> > > iD8DBQFGAxuqIyuuaiRyjTYRAi5eAJ92tzgchlszkpDeZM+SMsL3JAal2gCeKPQr > lH/CqqvUcULFDq/ka2+kxKM= > =TWpl > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [email protected] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
