----- Original Message ----- From: "Victoria Reznichenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 10:03 AM Subject: Re: license...
| Silmara, | Monday, June 10, 2002, 10:19:28 PM, you wrote: | | SCB> I'm developing a program, that is not free software and i'm using mysql with | SCB> myodbc. The question is if i need a license or not... | | Yes, you need license. Using any of MySQL API's for commercial programs requires licences. | | Please, check it: | https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita | Perhaps the licensing page should be reworded then because that is not what it appears to say. (I'm just trying to understand, not start a flame war.) <quote from the MySql site> http://www.mysql.com/support/arrangements.html A license is required if: a.. You link a program, that is not free software, with code from the MySQL server or clients that has the GPL copyright. This happens for example when you use MySQL as an embedded server in your applications or when you add not free extensions to the MySQL server. In this case your application/code would also become GPL through the GPL license that acts as a virus. By licensing MySQL server from MySQL AB under a commercial license you will avoid this problem. See http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl-faq.html. b.. You have a commercial application that ONLY works with MySQL and ships the application with the MySQL server. This is because we view this as linking even if it is done over the network. c.. You have a distribution of MySQL and you don't provide the source code for your copy of the MySQL server, as defined in the GPL license. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To me, this appears to say you need a license if one of three conditions are met 1) You embed the MySql source code in your app. 2) You have a project that will ~only~ run with MySql ~and~ you ship a copy of MySql with it. 3) You change MySql source code and re-ship it. It sounds like you think the second entry should be changed to say something like "You have a commercial application that uses MySql (even if it can also use other commercial databases) even if it is being used via ODBC or JDBC. Any further clarification from MySql guys? Thanks! --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
