On Monday 19 August 2002 07:21 am, Nicolas Ivering wrote: Several things spring to mind here...
1st of all when you use JDBC, you're coding to the JDBC interface, not to any proprietary interface (IE, your application could just as well call a PostgreSQL JDBC driver and it would not need to be recompiled or even relinked). In that situation its a bit hard to see how the GPL could be construed to apply to your work. 2nd, even assuming the GPL DID apply to your work, it does NOT apply to output generated by the work. If it did then every graphic produced with GIMP would be GPL, and every byte of code emitted by gcc would have to be GPL as well! Clearly this is not the case, so your data is always 'safe'. 3rd the GPL really only deals with DISTRIBUTION of application. In other words if you gave someone the binary of your application, you might have to give them the source. Giving them the URL of a web server which runs GPL code does not in any way oblige you to distribute anything to anyone. This is a point many people miss. You can keep your GPL code hidden away from the world and then for all practical purposes the provisions of the GPL are powerless. Finally I'm not at all sure the notion of a derived work is 'hazy'. It may be complex, but it seems extraordinarily precisely defined by the license. If there's real money riding on it, hand it to a lawyer and get an opinion. If not, then don't worry about it. > > > >Now if I am using the mysql database as a web site > >back end, the web site is totally independent of the > >database and cannot be considered a "derived work" > >of the mysql database. (keep in mind, the notion of > >"derived work" is *very* hazy under the GPL). > > > >But if the JDBC driver itself is GPL'ed and I am > >using the driver in my web site's jsp/servlet code, > >then it's concievable that the entire web site's > >contents > >and code become GPL'ed too. Of course, I wouldn't want > >to GPL by web site/code just because I am using a > >driver (keep in mind, using, *not* extending or > >customizing). > > > >Well, the question is, does in fact the use of the > >JDBC driver GPL my java server pages ? That is, does > >the entire web site become a "derived work" ? > > > >Any offical response from either Mr. Mathews of > >MySQL AB would be appreciated... > > > >Best regards, > > > >--j > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > >http://www.hotjobs.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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
