Re: GPL

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On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 16:16 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:33:10 +0300
> Markku Kolkka <markkuk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > MySQL is licensed under the GPL 
> 
> I don't use MySQL personally, but it's my understanding that anything you make
> with MySQL must also be distributed under the terms of the GPL.  So if you make
> a POS application using MySQL then your POS application must also be licensed
> under the GPL unless you pay some fee to the MySQL people to get their program
> under a different license.

But see this:

http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/foss-exception.html

-- 
                Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs


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