Re: Licensing question about mysql_com.h

2012-04-11 Thread Mike OK
"James Ots" ; Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 10:53 AM Subject: Re: Licensing question about mysql_com.h And in europe we cannot watch all the american TV Series online :( 2012/4/11 Paul Vallee If you own the code, you can license it under multiple licenses. Kind of like if you own

Re: Licensing question about mysql_com.h

2012-04-11 Thread Claudio Nanni
And in europe we cannot watch all the american TV Series online :( 2012/4/11 Paul Vallee > If you own the code, you can license it under multiple licenses. > > Kind of like if you own a TV Show, you can license it in the US under one > contract, and in other geographies under other more or less

Re: Licensing question about mysql_com.h

2012-04-11 Thread Paul Vallee
If you own the code, you can license it under multiple licenses. Kind of like if you own a TV Show, you can license it in the US under one contract, and in other geographies under other more or less restrictive contracts. This is a painful reality to those of us in Canada, as we can't watch South

Re: Licensing question about mysql_com.h

2012-04-09 Thread Andrew Moore
So what's the deal with Twitter's mysql code...how can it be BSD licensed? I'm a bit unsure about the intricacies of licensing. A On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:19 AM, Michael Dykman wrote: > Your code might not qualify for the linking excepetion, but users of > your code can use the inking exceptio

Re: Licensing question about mysql_com.h

2012-04-09 Thread Michael Dykman
Your code might not qualify for the linking excepetion, but users of your code can use the inking exception to licence their product however they choose. - michael dykman On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:43 PM, James Ots wrote: > I don't think I can use a linking exception when I license my code, as >

Re: Licensing question about mysql_com.h

2012-04-09 Thread James Ots
I don't think I can use a linking exception when I license my code, as the GPL says I must license my code with the same licence that the original code used. James Ots On 8 April 2012 00:52, Michael Dykman wrote: > Not quite true.  Your driver would likely have to be published under > GPL but th

Re: Licensing question about mysql_com.h

2012-04-07 Thread Michael Dykman
Not quite true. Your driver would likely have to be published under GPL but that allows the linking exception which allows users of your driver to avoid having to open-source their own works which utilize the driver.Should someone decide to code bug fixes or extensions for your driver, those w