On 04/12/2011 04:18 AM, dsimcha wrote:
On 4/11/2011 9:55 PM, Daniel Gibson wrote:
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"?
According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysql) it's dual licensed
GPL or proprietary. (Actually it's a slightly modified GPL that's **less**
restrictive than the vanilla one.)
There is a misconseption (or rather rethorical playing on words) in the
open-source argumentation versus free software: a license like BSD is said to
be less restrictive. But in fact it is more privative to (end-)users, in that
it allows direct users of the software to deprive them from rights that would
have been guaranted by a free software license.
Denis
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