I guess that would depend on what kind of license your database connection libraries come with.
** DISCLAIMER ** I AM NOT A LAWYER and THIS IS *NOT* LEGAL ADVICE. **DISCLAIMER ** Whenever I ask myself "can I sell what I just created and keep my source code hidden", I rely on several factors: 1) What restrictions are placed on any source code I wrote, used, or re-used, as well as any image, sound, or other binary resources included in the creation of "the product" 2) What license do I posesses to use the tools I use to compile, compress, link, assemble, or otherwize create "the product" in any fashion. 3) What rights do I have to incorporate or redistribute any third-party libraries that "the product" will require. To find the answers for your circumstances, you must read and re-read the licensing agreements that apply to _everything_ you use to create your product. If you do not feel comfortable with your translation of the "legal-ese" in your licenses then you need to ask a competent law professional in your locality. Basically, software is rarely ever "sold". What is paid for is the license to use a software product (program, library, source code, etc.) for a particular purpose. Some licenses allow for the unlimited "personal" use of some very powerful tools but when you go "commercial" with them (using them to create products for sale or transfer to another party) you must verify that your licenses permit you to do so. Each situation will be different. Every product will be different. You just have to go back and dig up all that stuff again and go over it. Respectfully, Shawn Green Database Administrator Unimin Corporation - Spruce Pine "Laercio Xisto Braga Cavalcanti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 07/26/2004 04:06:01 PM: > Hi all, > > If I write a comercial software that allow my customer at instalation time > to select between mysql, interbase or other data base is it legal? > > Regards, > > Laercio. > > -----Original Message----- > From: gerald_clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: segunda-feira, 26 de julho de 2004 15:26 > To: Steve Richter > Cc: chat. mysql. > Subject: Re: using mysql in commercial software > > > > Steve Richter wrote: > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Michael Abbott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 11:28 AM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: RE: using mysql in commercial software > > > > > > > >>This may not be strictly legal, but you could have the end user download > >>MySQL...... to run with your software..... > >> > >> > > > >exactly! Is Linux distributed under the same type of license as MySql? > >If I sell software that runs on linux I dont have to give away my code, > right? > >To use my software you first have to install no charge Linux and MySql. > >Why would that not be permitted? > > > >-Steve > > > > > Because the MySQL license does not allow you to use it free with commercial > software that requires MySQL. > If you are running commercial software that requires MySQL you must buy a > license. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
