Scot L. Harris said: [snip] > That was the way I had understood it. But I seem to remember (and that > is dangerous with a bad memory :) ) that the mysql web site at one time had > verbage saying they wanted a license fee if you used mysql in a commercial > environment within an organization with no intent to sell or distribute > the application/software using mysql outside of the organization. > > May have misinterpreted that clause but was pretty sure that was what > they were trying to say. [snip] The MySQL web site can say anything it wants, but the GPL says that using it internally isn't distribution. I believe MySQL would have a hard time convincing a Judge otherwise. -- William Hooper
