John, > Actually, I am trying to address the problem of having to buy a $200 > MySQL license for every $50 software product I sell. If you have a > solution for this problem I would like to know what it is. > This is a licensing issue that I haven't found a good solution for.
Try with the MySQL sales team again. If you tell them you are going to sell five or ten copies of your $50 software per year, they will probably turn you down (for reasons everybody will understand who ever had something to sell). If you can make it clear (and, hopefully, give some proof) that you are going to sell 1,000 copies or more per year, the royalties you pay to MySQL AB would add up to $10,000 per year (assuming you pay 20 per cent of your software price to MySQL). This means you can still earn $40,000 after having paid the royalties. Your case is a special case, so I'd try to have a special agreement on that case with MySQL AB. From my experience, I can say the MySQL AB people are open-minded enough to not expect you to pay $200 for each copy of a software you sell at $50. Regards, -- Stefan Hinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> iConnect GmbH <http://iConnect.de> Heesestr. 6, 12169 Berlin (Germany) Telefon: +49 30 7970948-0 Fax: +49 30 7970948-3 [filter fodder: sql, mysql, query] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
