Maybe move this to the mysql mailing list ;)
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Joshua D. Drake <j...@commandprompt.com>wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-01-04 at 12:36 -0500, Bill Moran wrote:
> > In response to Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@alvh.no-ip.org>:
> >
> > > Chris Browne wrote:
> > > > dcor...@connx.com ("Dann Corbit") writes:
> > > > > (Commercial use of MySQL without paying a license fee requires that
> > > > > projects using the database are also GPL, IIRC).
> > > >
> > > > I know I've seen Monty say this sort of thing a lot of times, and his
> > > > most recent rant
> > > > (<
> http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2009/12/help-keep-internet-free.html>)
> > > > underlines it with his mistaken belief.
> > >
> > > I've heard that if you write a non-GPL program talking to a MySQL
> > > database in, say, PHP, does not require the program itself being GPL,
> > > only the PHP library that connects to MySQL. It's the library that
> > > "links" to MySQL, not your program, so your program is protected from
> > > GPL's viral nature.
> >
> > Which makes sense if you read the license, but has never been upheld in
> > a court of law, thus is still on shaky legal ground.
>
> Can we move this thread to someplace relevant? This really has no place
> on this list.
>
> Joshua D. Drake
>
>
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