Re: commercial application development

2003-06-06 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Brian Behlendorf wrote: > We should be specific here - this only applies, AFAIK, to applications > that statically link with MySQL code, creating a derivative work. So if > you've got a C app that links to MySQL client libs, and you ship that, > then you are shipping a derivati

Re: commercial application development

2003-06-06 Thread Brian Behlendorf
On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, John Cowan wrote: > Sujita Purushothaman scripsit: > > > If you use MySQL to develop a closed-source application you have to buy > > the commercial license. If you use the GPLed MySQL then you have to > > release your application under the GPL. > > Not quite, on either count. I

Re: commercial application development

2003-06-05 Thread Sujita Purushothaman
David Johnson wrote: On Wednesday 04 June 2003 08:13 pm, Sujita Purushothaman wrote: If you use MySQL to develop a closed-source application you have to buy the commercial license. If you use the GPLed MySQL then you have to release your application under the GPL. Not so fast. The original ques

Re: commercial application development

2003-06-05 Thread David Johnson
On Wednesday 04 June 2003 08:13 pm, Sujita Purushothaman wrote: > If you use MySQL to develop a closed-source application you have to > buy the commercial license. If you use the GPLed MySQL then you have > to release your application under the GPL. Not so fast. The original question involved per

Re: commercial application development

2003-06-05 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
"Miller, Aaron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have searched and searched online for an explanation to this question, so > if I have missed a faq that details this please accept my apology and point > me in the right direction. Well, there's this, if it helps: http://zooko.com/license_quick_

Re: commercial application development

2003-06-05 Thread Sujita Purushothaman
Miller, Aaron wrote: I have searched and searched online for an explanation to this question, so if I have missed a faq that details this please accept my apology and point me in the right direction. My question concerns using perl, perl::dbi, mysql, postgres, etc to develop commercial applications

commercial application development

2003-06-05 Thread Miller, Aaron
I have searched and searched online for an explanation to this question, so if I have missed a faq that details this please accept my apology and point me in the right direction. My question concerns using perl, perl::dbi, mysql, postgres, etc to develop commercial applications. Can an applicatio

Re: commercial application development

2003-06-04 Thread John Cowan
Sujita Purushothaman scripsit: > If you use MySQL to develop a closed-source application you have to buy > the commercial license. If you use the GPLed MySQL then you have to > release your application under the GPL. Not quite, on either count. If you use MySQL to develop a closed-source appli