| From: | Erik Jones <erik(at)myemma(dot)com> |
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| To: | jose javier parra sanchez <jojapasa(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: postgre vs MySQL |
| Date: | 2008-03-14 14:52:35 |
| Message-ID: | 42AC0345-FCBE-4F0E-A3CB-47D61C1D6BB0@myemma.com |
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On Mar 14, 2008, at 3:26 AM, jose javier parra sanchez wrote:
>> itself open source, you have to pay to get a license. Pay for GPL
>> software?
>
> You cannot be serious, GPL has no relation with monetary value. The
> GPL is a 'Usage License'. If i write GPL software to my clients,
> should i give it free of charge ?. That's absurd.
They've gotten around that by making MySQL "dual-licensed". If you're
going to be using MySQL in a commercial application then you can not
use the GPL'd version, you have to use their paid, commercial license.
Erik Jones
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