Re: MySQL 4.0 license change
Raditha Dissanayake <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.mobile.kannel.devel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Hi, The Problem here is that mysql does not intepret GPL in the same way that the rest of the world does. I wrote to them asking for a client license and they insist i need to buy the server license and with it comes the client license. Do i need to buy a road so that i can drive a car? Oded Arbel wrote: >???? ????? 21 ????? 2004, 16:18 > >>all is the safest way. If the GPL avoiding solution is technical superior >>to the previous one (e.g. wider choice of DBMS), then this is even better. >> >> > >Sorry to barge in, but I think you all miss the point. IANAL, but I've done >some extendsive research into this and similar problems and currently my >official standing (and you can quote me, but again - I'm not legally >qualified to make such assertions so it's still your risk) regarding GPL is >that it allows you to combine GPL code with any open source code using a "GPL >compatible" license. that means as long as the Kannel license it GPL >compliant it should be ok to link it directly against GPL code. > >GPL compatibility is cleary described in the GPL itself as any terms that do >not limit the freedom of the user any more GPL does. it is widely accepted >that a BSD Style and Apache Style licenses are less limiting then the GPL and >are hence GPL compatible. > >Also - as long as Kannel does not distribute mysql sources, and it can be >compiled against 3.x versions of MySQL as well as 4.x, and is compatible with >3.x libraries (are those LGPL ?) then Kannel people should not worry too much >about it as the burden of license compatability lies with the person who >distributes binary packages and MySQL explicitly allows you to use it in >proprietry commercial environments under the GPL license as long as it is not >re-ditributed or advertised. > > > -- Raditha Dissanayake. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.radinks.com/sftp/ | http://www.raditha.com/megaupload Lean and mean Secure FTP applet with | Mega Upload - PHP file uploader Graphical User Inteface. Just 150 KB | with progress bar.