On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 01:26:24AM -0700, Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
The second issue is that dual licenses aren't quite as benign as everybody
seems to think. See:
http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/why-licenses-dont-matter-and-why-they-do/
Basically, it boils down to the fact that the GPL places enough
restrictions on what you can do with software that the copyright holder can
effectively apply a shakedown that you will have to fight if you touch
non-open software anywhere in your use of the package.
The argument made there really doesn't have anything to do with the MySQL
being under a dual license, that's just them trying to confuse things.
Their claim is that a particular use might infringe in the GPL. They may
offer dual licensing as an extortion clause, but their recourse isn't any
different than it would be if they didn't offer the dual license.
David
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