Richard Welty wrote:
The way I understand it..On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 17:17:30 +0100 Leonard den Ottolander <leonard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi WipeOut,
"2. You distribute all identifiable sections of the Derivative Work
which are not derived from the Program"
Of course taking a single point out of the text will usually cause some confusion, the entire text has to be taken as a whole..
I do understand that MySQL AB wants you to buy a license if you want to distribute your program with mysql (server/client) without releasing it
under an open source license.
i was under the impression that their claim was broader than just based on including MySQL 4.x in a distribution. i was given to understand that they made this claim for anything that linked against MySQL. please correct me if i'm wrong, as there is a substantial difference between the two possible states of affairs.
richard
If you want to distribute an app as a closed source then you need a license to use any of the MySQL client libs or code..
If your app is GPL or one of the now accepted open source licenses then you do not need a license..
From what I can see MySQL 4.x client and server can be included in any GPL distribution, for example Trustix (www.trustix.org) ships with MySQL 4 as part of the distro..
There is probably somthing in Fedora that builds against the MySQL client libs that is not GPL which may be why it was not included, now that they have allowed a number of other open source licenses this may no longer be an issue in which case MySQL 4 could be included..
Later..
