| From: | Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com> |
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| To: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: About GPL and proprietary software |
| Date: | 2003-09-24 17:50:12 |
| Message-ID: | 3F71D954.7030800@Yahoo.com |
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Robert Treat wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 17:49, Christopher Browne wrote:
>> It would be most interesting if the makers of other GPLed software
>> such as Linux were to apply the same rule themselves.
>>
>> That way, for MySQL to be distributed with Linux, MySQL AB might be
>> required to pay $450/box to Linus for licenses. Wouldn't _that_ be
>> ironic?
>
> except that (gnu)linux is gpl'd, so they both fall under the
> non-commercial license.
except that MySQL uses dual-licensing. The commercial license for MySQL
(the one you need to distribute your proprietary code) is _not_ GPL.
Jan
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