Re: Including GPL and LGPL'ed software in a solution

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The MySQL Protocol is proprietary. [...] Because this is a GPL protocol, [...] Make up your mind. - -- IBM has more patent litigation lawyers than SCO has employees. -

Re: Including GPL and LGPL'ed software in a solution

Bernd Jendrissek wrote: [...] Make up your mind. The GNU project is certainly not about public domain/all rights abandoned. The FSF's idiotic propaganda aside for a moment, it makes it proprietary. regards, alexander. ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing

Re: Including GPL and LGPL'ed software in a solution

Alexander Terekhov wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A java application that collects the data and stores it in a MySQL database. This uses an LGPL library. The MySQL database, straight out of the box. I want to use the GPL version. A java servlet that queries the database and serves HTML pages.

Re: Including GPL and LGPL'ed software in a solution

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] I guess I should really be having this discusion with the MySQL AB (?), They will tell you all sorts of myths to scare you into buying their commercial license which will free you (and your clients) from GNU liability. That's the business model. regards,

Re: Including GPL and LGPL'ed software in a solution

I guess I should really be having this discusion with the MySQL AB (?), but here goes. You should really be having this discussion with a lawyer. ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org

Re: Including GPL and LGPL'ed software in a solution

Alfred M\. Szmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I guess I should really be having this discusion with the MySQL AB (?), but here goes. You should really be having this discussion with a lawyer. I'd recommend starting with the MySQL people. The lawyer can tell you how he thinks you would

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Alfred M\. Szmidt writes: I guess I should really be having this discusion with the MySQL AB (?), Or maybe you should consider using Postgresql. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list

Re: Including GPL and LGPL'ed software in a solution

I wrote: Or maybe you should consider using Postgresql. Alfred M\. Szmidt writes: MySQL is free software, so there is no need to reconsider. So is Postgresql, but there is no Postgresql AB to worry about. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA

Re: Including GPL and LGPL'ed software in a solution

MySQL is free software, so there is no need to reconsider. So is Postgresql, but there is no Postgresql AB to worry about. Unless Postgresql is in the public domain, there is a entity to worry about, as with all copyrighted works. ___

Re: Including GPL and LGPL'ed software in a solution

Alfred M\. Szmidt writes: Unless Postgresql is in the public domain, there is a entity to worry about, as with all copyrighted works. Postgresql is under the BSD license so your specific concerns are moot. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA

Re: Including GPL and LGPL'ed software in a solution

Unless Postgresql is in the public domain, there is a entity to worry about, as with all copyrighted works. Postgresql is under the BSD license so your specific concerns are moot. No, they are not, Postgresql is still copyrighted, just like a work that is GPLed.

Including GPL and LGPL'ed software in a solution

Hi All, I know you get many questions like this, but I thought I just had to ask, because it is so important that I get this right. Also sorry about using the bullshit bingo term solution, but I want to be general here. I am providing a solution that populates a database and serves data from