But as far as Debian is concerned, paragraph 1 applies:Just out of curiosity, what does Debian make MySQL's rather bizarre interpretaion of the GPL:
1. Free use for those who are 100% GPL
If your application is licensed under GPL or compatible OSI license approved by MySQL AB, you are free and welcome to ship any GPL software of MySQL AB with your application. By "application" we mean any type of software application, system, tool or utility. For doing this, you do not need a separate signed agreement with MySQL AB, because the GPL text is sufficient...
That makes it free under the Debian Free Software Guidelines, so I have
no grounds for requesting its removal. :-(
http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_Introduction.html#Copyright --- begin quote ----
You need a commercial license:
[...]
When you distribute a non-|GPL| application that *only* works with the |MySQL| software and ship it with the |MySQL| software. This type of solution is considered to be linking even if it's done over a network.
--- end quote ----
"Linking over a network"? What stops some GPL'ed web server (or commercial one for that matter) from demanding non-free licensing for web clients that connect to it?
- Marsh
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