"Issac Goldstand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 03/08/2004 09:47:31:

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "mos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Well, I'm not so sure. Here it is straight from the horses mouth 
namely
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >  >>
> >   "Free use for those who never copy,
> > modify or distribute. As long as you never distribute (internally or
> > externally) the MySQL Software in any way, you are free to use it for
> > powering your application, irrespective of whether your application is
> under
> > GPL license or not,"
> > http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing/opensource-license.html.
> 
> Here's an interesting idea: What if you run a MySQL mirror (My company 
just
> started hosting http://mirror.mirimar.net/mysql/ for example) - that 
wording
> of the license is dangerous, because, as a company working with 
software/web
> development, we'd be getting sucker punched for most apps because we
> "distribute" MySQL software...  And I thought we were doing MySQL AB a
> favor! ;-)

Irrelevant, because you are redistributing under the GPL (I assume). That 
is, you are offering the full source, as offered on the 


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