On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 16:16 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:33:10 +0300 > Markku Kolkka <markkuk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > MySQL is licensed under the GPL > > I don't use MySQL personally, but it's my understanding that anything you make > with MySQL must also be distributed under the terms of the GPL. So if you make > a POS application using MySQL then your POS application must also be licensed > under the GPL unless you pay some fee to the MySQL people to get their program > under a different license. But see this: http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/foss-exception.html -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
