I've looked over as much of the information on the new Community vs.
Enterprise version stuff as I can find, and I don't see an answer to
this question. Basically, I want to know if the MySQL C API is still
dual licensed, under the GPL and the MySQL commercial license. If so, I
don't see how this new model is any different than before, except that
the commercial version is now more expensive.
The practical upshot of the previous licensing scheme, for people that
used the MySQL C API, was that you either had to buy a MySQL commercial
license, or release your code under the GPL. That means MySQL could
never be "free-of-charge" (quoting today's email from Kaj Arnö) for
those people. For that to happen, the C API must be released under a
more liberal license (LGPL at least), or explicitly made public-domain.
So, has anything substantial changed besides the price of a commercial
license?
--
Warren Young
Maintainer of MySQL++ http://tangentsoft.net/mysql++/
--
MySQL General Mailing List
For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql
To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
