On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 05:06:17PM +0000, Ben Clewett wrote: > This will be my last posting. I don't belive I am being constructive > and have no wish to instantly be hated by the whole of MySQL.
Probably wasn't wise to make a post about how you felt MySQL was expensive (huh?) and their staff rude, then. Don't worry, it'll only be archived publically for the rest of eternity.... > Therefore, if I was to use ODBC, I would not be using your API in my > application, and could install MySQL under the GPL and use my > application without licence? (If I so choose.) If all you're doing is connecting to a MySQL server, without using the MySQL client libraries, then I fail to see what relevance MySQL's license has to you. However, IANAL. If your product is actually going to make any money anyway then it will be worth consulting someone who is. > Michael T. Babcock wrote: > >You forget that (as someone else pointed out, perhaps Ben) MySQL's > >Copyright still lies with MySQL AB. You can fork the code and modify > >and distribute it _under the GPL_ but that doesn't buy you anything -- > >you don't then have the right to link it against a commercial program or > >even to relicense it. All you have is a renamed version of MySQL that > >is still under the GPL. That's not what you're hoping for, is it? > > This may be true. I am a programmer, not a solicitor. It does seem to > fly in the face of Ritchard Stallman's origional idea and intent of the > GPL. So your software may be folked, but then not used as it then > violates some other law. If that's the case, so be it. I better > copyright all my GPL projects ASAP... Everything you produce has your copyright, but the instructions for using the GPL do specifically tell you to put "Copyright <you>" in it. AFAIK the default amount of rights someone has with your product is none at all. The copyright holder then decides what you can do with it by means of the license, the GPL being a popular example in the open source/free software world. I find it quite amusing that you are going on about Richard Stallman in this, your rant about how MySQL AB won't let you use their GPL software in your _closed source_ commercial product. If on the other hand, your product is GPL itself, or you don't actually need to use any of MySQL AB's GPL'd stuff, then I fail to see what your problem actually is. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
