As far as I understand the concept of Open Source / GPL you don't need a license for it if you do not alter the Code and/or provide the full Sourcecode.
For example: You develop a win32 application using MSVC++ that accesses a MySQL database on a linux-server through ADO / ODBC. You need the commercial license of any Open Source software, if you use it as an embedded part of your application without disclosing the FULL sourcecode of your application OR if you change any part of the software and - you guessed it - do not provide the full source. You do not need a license if you build the server using a standard linux distribution like Mandrake or Redhat using their version of MySQL and provide the installation media containing the sourcecode of MySQL (not the source of your App). I'm not sure how it's handled if you compile your own binaries of MySQL e.g. from the developer-tree, but according to GPL, if you provide the source, you don't need a license. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Michael Ivanyo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 12. Juni 2002 05:24 An: mysqllist Betreff: Licenseing Issue I do not fully understand the license requirements and have a question. The application that I am developing will be able to work with either MySql, Postgres, or Oracle. Will I still need a license if the user decides to connect to a MySql database? --Michael _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
