----- Original Message ----- From: "Oliver Six" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "MySQL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 6:03 AM Subject: Re:Re: Licensing--web site is schizophrenic
> Victoria Reznichenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08.07.2002 > 12:01:01: > > > > >Paul, > >Sunday, July 07, 2002, 11:05:18 PM, you wrote: > > > >PS> At one place on the MySQL site I see: > > > >PS> http://www.mysql.com/support/arrangements.html > > > >PS> which says the client library is under the LGPL. > > > >PS> At another place I see: > > > >PS> http://www.mysql.com/doc/C/o/Copyright.html > > > >PS> which says the entire codebase, including the client, is released under > >PS> the GPL. > > > >PS> Does this mean newer versions of MySQL client libraries are GPL'd? I'll > >PS> be disappointed if this is true, because there are plenty of open source > >PS> licenses which are incompatible with the GPL. This means that none of > >PS> those other open source projects can use or include support for MySQL. > >PS> Which is a shame. > > > >3.23.XX API is under LGPL, 4.X API is under GPL instead of LGPL. > >For more question about licensing go to : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > >For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita > >This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ > > __ ___ ___ ____ __ > > / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko > > / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >/_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net > > <___/ www.mysql.com > > > Hi, > > does this mean that whenever I write a program in msc which makes use of the > libmysql.dll in conjunction with MySQL 4.x I have to make this program GPL? > > Bye Oliver If you _distribute_ it, yes. That's when GPL license clauses come into effect. -Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
