Re: LEGAL information about MySQL.

[Mark Matthews]

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Pae Choi wrote:

mysql, sql, query

What you advocate is the same as saying that you if stick a pirated copy
of windows in with your software, but disclaim in your documentation
that you're only paying for your software, not the copy of windows that
is not following Microsoft's licensing terms.

Your example is totally out of case. GPL says that it can freely distribute
as long as the copyright is included.

I'm referring to term #2. If your software is 'forming a work based on the Program', then your software falls under the GPL.

"Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the
 freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for this service
if you wish"

Yes, if you're doing something like RedHat, where you bundle a bunch of GPL software together, that's okay.

However if you create some product that is built upon GPL software, but it is not GPL itself, then you most likely need to release it under GPL.

"We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and
(2) offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy,
distribute
and/or modify the software."

Under the terms of the license. You can't take these paragraphs out of context.

-Mark

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