On Sun, 2004-07-11 at 06:24, Markku Kolkka wrote: > Gene Heskett kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika sunnuntai, 11. heinäkuuta 2004 13:16): > > From what I can recall, it seems that mysql has changed the > > license to something that clashes with the GPL, and the new > > version is no longer being distributed by the linux vendors for this reason. > > Just the opposite, the new version changed the licence to _GPL_, so it can't > be linked with applications with GPL-incompatible licenses like PHP. > HUH???? PHP is GPL. This is one of MANY stories on that with PHP and MySQL licensing problems. http://www.silicon.com/software/applications/0,39024653,39119159,00.htm Read the archives for the discussion on this several months ago before FC2 was releaased. I believe that Gene was correct in his statement but it had to do with the two stage licensing and the terms for when it was free and when it had to be paid. The new licensing at that time required payment for *distribution* of code, even internally and thus was a problem. The discussion in the archives was much more complete than my memory so for full details look there.
