On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 11:49:02PM -0500, mos wrote: > At 04:43 PM 7/26/2004, you wrote: > > >looks like the answer is no. As soon as fee based software touches the > >mysql install on the PC, the user is obligated to pay the $250. > > Actually I believe the MySQL 4.x license is more stringent than that. If > the MySQL database is distributed within a company for free, then a license > is still required, unless the application is distributed under the > GPL.
Huh? I bet it depends on the country. In the USA, companies are considered singular legal entities. "Internal distribution" is aking to giving copies to yourself. The GPL doesn't restrict that. > Wouldn't it be nice if MySQL created a nice little table with a > couple of columns "License" and "No License" and a bunch of examples > down the left hand side? Yes, it would de-mystify a lot of this. Jeremy -- Jeremy D. Zawodny | Perl, Web, MySQL, Linux Magazine, Yahoo! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://jeremy.zawodny.com/ [book] High Performance MySQL -- http://highperformancemysql.com/ -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
