Read this, 1.4.3.1 Using the MySQL Server Under a Commercial License
-------------------- "You need a commercial license: When you distribute a non-GPL application that ONLY works with the MySQL server and ship it with the MySQL server. This type of solution is actually considered to be linking even if it's done over a network." -------------------- If you reverse this condition - if his application will work with another SQL server, then he wont need any license. If this is not the case you should really consider updating the documentation. Also, little bit of a loopholes: -------------------- "When you use the MySQL Database Software in conjunction with a Web server, you do not need a commercial license." This should be true even if the system he's building is on an intranet. (the app he's building is a web-app) "When using the MySQL server internally in your company." This could be true if what he does is sitting in this hotel and coding his app, and the customer has the full ownership of the app afterwards.. -------------------- Personally i would always get a license or a support contract if the use of mysql would give any commercial gain worth the money. (ie earning more than $200 in using this new app..) Regards Johan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sinisa Milivojevic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 2:54 PM Subject: Re: Licensing > Pål Sollie writes: > > > > Monday, January 14, 2002, 3:11:00 PM, you wrote: > > > require a licence. Otherwise, you do ... > > > > Even if he uses an unmodified version of MySQL? > > > > -- > > Pål Sollie - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Yes. > > -- > Regards, > __ ___ ___ ____ __ > / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Mr. Sinisa Milivojevic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ MySQL AB, Fulltime Developer > /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ Larnaca, Cyprus > <___/ www.mysql.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
