On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 21:41 -0600, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 21:26:55 -0600, Christofer C. Bell wrote > > > MySQL AB basically said nobody can use MySQL libraries for non-Free > > > Software. > > > > Again, defeating the purpose of the GPL. I consider this a Bad > > Thing(tm). > > Actually, this statement here isn't correct. They do allow people to make > non-Free software from GPL'ed code. No they don't. It is a violation of copyright law to do that. What they do is sell you a copy under a different (and proprietary) license which will allow proprietary software to link with that version of their libraries. > The MySQL libs that are being sold under > a closed license are also offered for free GPL download. It's bait and > switch, IMO. > > "Here, the first hit is free.. but if you want to make some money, you have > to fork some of it over to us." This is something I wish wasn't tolerated in > the Free software community. this is not the 'Gratis Software' community, but the Free Software community (go read http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/free-sw.html ) You can charge for copies of your GPL'ed program using MySQL's GPL'ed libraries. Look at RedHat, they do charge a lot for RHEL AS... 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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