| From: | "John Wells" <jb(at)sourceillustrated(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Oliver Elphick" <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> |
| Cc: | "PostgreSQL general list" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Humor me: Postgresql vs. MySql (esp. licensing) |
| Date: | 2003-10-08 16:07:59 |
| Message-ID: | 40400.209.101.212.253.1065629279.squirrel@mail.devsea.com |
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Oliver Elphick said:
> Unless they actually attach extra conditions to the GPL (i.e. "This
> product is licensed under GPL with the following extra conditions...")
> this is rubbish. The GPL allows you to do what you like with the
> software internally; its restrictions only apply to further
> distribution. MySQL would _like_ you to pay for support or buy a
> commercial licence, but you only _need_ to buy a licence if you want to
> distribute a modified or linked MySQL without distributing your own
> source code.
>
> If that position changes, we (Debian) will need to move MySQL from
> Debian's main archive to its non-free section, or even drop it
> altogether. So do let me know if that becomes necessary!
Then read this page: http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing.html
Very carefully. Particularly the sentence "As long as you never
distribute (internally or externally)"...
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