Re: Should I buy commercial license?

2005-10-23 Thread Alexey Polyakov
Hi! There'a a great article about MySQL licensing: http://entwickler.com/itr/online_artikel/psecom,id,618,nodeid,114.html Basically, you don't need to purchase license unless you distribute your software. (And even if you do, it doesn't automatically mean that you should buy commercial license).

Re: Should I buy commercial license?

2005-10-23 Thread Jasper Bryant-Greene
On Sun, 2005-10-23 at 18:05 +0400, Alexey Polyakov wrote: Basically, you don't need to purchase license unless you distribute your software. (And even if you do, it doesn't automatically mean that you should buy commercial license). That's not necessarily true. Many people need to buy a

Re: Should I buy commercial license?

2005-10-23 Thread Kenji HIROHAMA
On 10/24/05, Jasper Bryant-Greene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's not necessarily true. Many people need to buy a license because they need the support that comes with paying for the software, or they need to support the development of a product that they are likely to rely on for their

Re: Should I buy commercial license?

2005-10-23 Thread Jasper Bryant-Greene
On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 09:29 +0900, Kenji HIROHAMA wrote: On 10/24/05, Jasper Bryant-Greene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's not necessarily true. Many people need to buy a license because they need the support that comes with paying for the software, or they need to support the development

Re: Should I buy commercial license?

2005-10-23 Thread Kenji HIROHAMA
Well, actually they did sell only commercial licence bofore starting to sell MySQL Network. And, we cannot find anything this commercial license purchase process any more. However, still it's not impossible to buy them directlly, so I would like to clarify my understanding. MySQL Network concept

RE: Should I buy commercial license?

2005-10-23 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
268 665 - Mobile +61 8 8408 4259 - Fax -Original Message- From: Jasper Bryant-Greene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 24 October 2005 11:39 AM To: Kenji HIROHAMA Cc: Alexey Polyakov; mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: Should I buy commercial license? On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 09:29

Re: Should I buy commercial license?

2005-10-22 Thread Gleb Paharenko
Hello. The complete answer you can only obtain from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kenji HIROHAMA wrote: (I've posted to forums, but also send to this ML.) Hi, I took a look at mysql.com, but I still have a question about commercial license. If we build and host a web-system with

Re: Should I buy commercial license?

2005-10-21 Thread Jacques Marneweck
Kenji HIROHAMA wrote: (I've posted to forums, but also send to this ML.) Hi, I took a look at mysql.com, but I still have a question about commercial license. If we build and host a web-system with MySQL, which provide services to customers not for free. Customers pay for our services. In

Re: Should I buy commercial license?

2005-10-21 Thread RedRed!com IT Department
Hi Hirohama, Due to the fact that MySQL is licensed under a dual licensing system, you do not need to purchase a license of MySQL for using the database software for commercial use. You have a choice in the case that you don't like the terms of the GPL license[1], you can choose to license

Re: Should I buy commercial license?

2005-10-21 Thread Kenji HIROHAMA
Hi Jim, Thanks for your clarification. I'm sorry, but I don't have enough understanding MySQL usage under GPL. If I use MySQL from web interface, like PHP, Perl, ASP .NET, Java, under GPL license, do I need to make my web-system GPL? I think, it's a topic about mysql client library within