On Monday 30 September 2002 10:13, Drulli B wrote: > Hi, > > I have a grand total of two very important but possibly humiliatingly daft > questions, that I hope some kind soul will patiently solve: > > 1. Can I run a mySQL server on a Linux computer, and query it through > myODBC running on a Windows computer?
Yes. But, as another poster pointed out, there are native ways of querying MySQL as well. I believe every major programming language has (at least) one MySQL library. > 2. The licensing info seems only relevant to people who develop > applications. I just want to use it as a repository for data, and then > query it myself through such decidedly closed-source bastards as Excel and > Access, but I'm doing this for profit. If I use mySQL for such a purpose, > and not as a part of an application, do I then need to sell my boss a > license? The morally correct answer is obvious to me, but I'd like to know > what the demands of the mySQL company are: do I have more than one morally > correct option? MySQL is GPL now. Buying a license would be nice to help support MySQL, but IIRC, you don't HAVE to buy a license. j----- k----- -- Joshua Kugler, Information Services Director Associated Students of the University of Alaska Fairbanks [EMAIL PROTECTED], 907-474-7601 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
