Not entirely true. Yes; a LOT of non-FLOSS (closed source) apps use MySQL..
But they do that by buying the non-FLOSS-licenses that MySQL _sell_.
MySQL allows you to use MySQL with the GPL license as long as YOUR
application is also using GPL. That is their idea, and that's why many
prefer PostgreSQL. So, if you are using MySQL with the GPL license you are
doing something MySQL doesn't want you to do.
Regards
Anton
On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Fabrizio Giudici <
fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it> wrote:
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> On 6/22/10 13:19 , Tom Gibara wrote:
> > I am not a lawyer etc. but I think you should be very careful
> > about trying to circumvent the GPLv3 in this way; its wording is
> > broad.
> >
> > You have several options without attempting this, they include:
> > finding a revenue model that's compatible with open sourcing your
> > application, consulting a lawyer first, contacting the author of
> > the library and explaining the situation.
>
> While I second the point that legal things must be properly
> understood, I don't agree that this is "trying to circumvent" a
> license. License explain what can be done and what can't be done, and
> the original poster is just trying to find a legal way to do that. For
> instance, MySQL is GPL, but tons of non-FLOSS projects use it, because
> GPL applies to the concept of "linking" to the code, and doesn't apply
> to separate process communicating. That's how a non FLOSS application
> can use MySQL, without "circumventing" the GPL. Thus, the original
> idea of setting up a inter-process communication makes sense and if it
> were plain Java on a plain desktop I'd say it's fine (IANAL, of
> course). I don't know how this can apply to Android. Maybe looking at
> the FSF FAQs or sending them an email would help.
>
>
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