On Sun, 2005-12-11 at 23:54 -0800, trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 08:24 +0100, Ron Arts wrote: > > You probably have taken care of this already, but just in case: > > > > Are you aware that if you distribute MySQL within a commercial > > product, you require a commercial MySQL license for each box? > > > lies! - by mysql
since there is some controversy over my opinions in the past, here is something from mysql itself http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/opensource-license.html Our software is 100% GPL (General Public License); They also dont like software patents, and claim they dont have any and instead rely on copyright. In essence they have no claim to say that if you sell something you have to get a commercial license. They cant claim its GPL and then modify the GPL becuase that no longer would be the GPL. They also link to http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/gpl-license.html which is Ver 2 of the GPL. Section 2 is intact which reads: You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with the Program. You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee. Section 3 covers modification so dont worry that section 2 states 'verbatim copies'. Section 7 specifically states (emphasis mine) YOU MAY NOT IMPOSE ANY FURTHER RESTRICTIONS IN THE RECIPIENTS' EXERCISE OF THE RIGHTS GRANTED HEREIN. This invalidates *any* claim they have to say you must get a commercial license becuase that would violate section 7 by imposing further restrictions. Remember *they* chose the GPL so *they* have to deal with the fact they may not like all the terms and may want to actually extort money from people when they dont have a legal right. If *they* didnt want commercial licesnes to be allowed by the GPL *they* should have made their own license. They did not do this, to now try to scare people into paying money for something they arent entitled is questionable at best. -- Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com Bret McDanel UK +44 870 340 4605 Germany +49 801 777 555 3402 US +1 360 207 0479 or +1 516 687 5200 FreeWorldDialup: 635378 http://www.sacaug.org/ Sacramento Asterisk Users Group
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