There seems to be a good deal of misunderstanding of the GPL hereabouts lately. The GPL says that it is good when software is free. As countless projects have demonstrated, when literally everyone and anyone can contribute to a project, the result can be great software that anyone can use without cost.
The GPL goes beyond that to try and force your software to be "free" according to their definition of "free". "Free" is a poor choice of words for a code base with strict use limitations and a viral nature. BSD is free. GPL is not.
I find MySQL's use of GPL particularly offensive. By what manner of logic does linking to an interface library to communicate with a separate and distinct process make a client a "derivative work", especially when said client can link to any of a dozen other, similar interface libraries to communicate in a similar fashion with a dozen other similar products?
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