On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 01:39:49PM -0900, software advocate wrote: > This is exactly why someone needs to develop a non-gpl mysql drop in client > for PHP. This would get around license costs, despite what MySQL AB has to > say, this would be completely legal. Ask your local rep from the FSF. One > could always reverse engineer the protocol like the Samba team. Also the > fact is, an idea can NOT be copyrighted. You can read the source, take > notes, or even make documentation to create your own client.
In fact, MySQL AB has developed exactly such a thing. (Look for info on 'mysqlnd'.) This licensing comment in the internals documentation is old, and is supposed to be removed. Unfortunately, updating the internals documentation is not something that gets a lot of priority. Jim Winstead MySQL Inc. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
