In all seriousness... If the developer is really worried about paying the
fee, he can develop his own mysql client.
As far as the pointed out documentation links from earlier, the information
is there. You do not have to GPL your application if you read the docs. The
license of those docs only co
On 2/22/07, Jay Pipes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I do see your point about the sockets layer/client protocol and that
language is being removed/has been removed from our website because it
has been, as you point out, a source of confusion; I will agree with you
there.
There is one more piece
But, on a general note, I *don't* think that MySQL licensing is
confusing, and any confusion thereof stems from confusion about what the
GPL itself states. I hear tons of times how developers claim that they
fall under the mere aggregation clause when in fact they do not -- it's
just an attempt
On 2/22/07, Jay Pipes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have no idea what this means. :(
First, you were complaining about PHP and Jim noted that we have a PHP
native driver in the works. Then, you move on to Python and Java...
sounds like you're just flame-baiting.
I don't mean to sound like I'
ne is
twisting their arm to use MySQL, but the option is nice since people already
know MySQL(if they need to send a raw statement.
On 2/22/07, Jim Winstead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 01:39:49PM -0900, software advocate wrote:
> This is exactly why someone needs to dev
I've personally emailed them in the past. Their response was for me to by a
license. When I asked them about creating my own client without reading
their docs or source code, they still insisted I buy a license.
Anyone who knows the GPL well, knows the communication layer is NOT covered
by GPL. S
On 2/22/07, mos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
At 12:51 PM 2/22/2007, software advocate wrote:
>Let me present what I've read from the MySQL site so far.
>
>The MySQL protocol notice
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/internals/en/licensing-notice.html
>
>Okay, really confusi
riginal Message - From: "mos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To:
>Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 3:32 PM
>Subject: Re: [LICENSING] why so hazy? Comparing to Samba.
>
>
>>At 12:51 PM 2/22/2007, software advocate wrote:
>>>Let me present what I'v
Let me present what I've read from the MySQL site so far.
The MySQL protocol notice
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/internals/en/licensing-notice.html
Okay, really confusing. What if someone creates a mysql client without
looking at docs or source code of the MySQL client? What if someone simply
sniffs
