Re: MySQL 4.0 license change - should be 4.1

Hi Paul,

On Wednesday 21 January 2004 11:16, Paul Keogh wrote:
> Sorry, thats 4.1
>
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Keogh
> > Sent: 21 January 2004 10:13
> > To: Kannel Development List (E-mail) (Kannel Development List
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> > Subject: MySQL 4.0 license change
> >
> >
> >
> > The license for the MySQL 4.0 client API has changed from LGPL to GPL.
> >
> > See
>
> http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/01/16/03OPstrategic_1.html?developme
> nt
>
> for full details.
>
> I guess this affects Kannel - my understanding is that linking GPL
> libraries under the current Kannel license is not possible. Am I correct
> ?

it's not true... Kannel is a open source project, so GPL just say: when 
linking against GPL library then source code for this application _must_ be 
available and this is the case with Kannel. It's not allowed to link closed 
source applications against GPLed libraries.

correct me if I'm wrong?!

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