On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 21:26 -0600, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 00:17:01 +0000, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote > > On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 14:05 -0600, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > > > On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:54:40 -0500 (EST), Richard Welty wrote > > > > with MySQL version 4.1 (i think 4.0 is still traditional), MySQL > switched > > > > the client libraries over to the GPL from the LGPL. this means that > > > > any code linking against the client libraries must be GPLed if it is > > > > to be distributed, or else you must buy a commercial license from > > > > MySQL. the interpretation of "distributed" varies, MySQL AB's > > > > interpretation is very strict, they even want you to GPL or buy > > > > commercial licenses if you are only distributing within a business. > > > > > > Open Source (by becoming incompatible with the GPL), MySQL has gone and > made > > > their software unfriendly to commercial developers that are loathe to buy > a > > > commercial MySQL license. > > > > Both statements contain conclusions derived from absurd assumptions. > > Those assumptions being? Go read http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html Rui -- + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown + Whatever you do will be insignificant, | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi + So let's do it...? Please AVOID sending me WORD, EXCEL or POWERPOINT attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
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