"Daniel Gibson" <metalcae...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:io0blg$jsc$5...@digitalmars.com... > Am 11.04.2011 17:40, schrieb Kagamin: >> Kagamin Wrote: >> >>> spir Wrote: >>> >>>> There is a point I don't understand: if I'm right, LGPL as well as all >>>> other >>>> "open source", not strictly free-software, licenses allow using >>>> licensed >>>> software even for "privative" (proprietary) work. But they wouldn't >>>> allow using >>>> software for work licensed under other open-source licenses like the >>>> Boost license? >>>> Where's the bug? >>> >>> They can be used, but they can't become proprietary or Boost licensed. >> >> I also wander, what people plan to do with libmysql? It's GPL. > > Doesn't mysql even have some retarded restriction like "it's GPL but may > not be used for commercial purposes so buy mysql if you wanna use it to > make money"? > > Maybe someone has already reimplemented a mysql-client under a more free > license? >
PostgreSQL? ;)