trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote:
On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 00:40 -0800, trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote:If you get the gpled version of mysql all the gpl rules are in place and no more. They cant legally enforce some of what they claim they can because to do so violates the very license they issue with (the gpl).we were discussing this issue on irc and came to this conclusion if you are truely worried about their commercial license. fork mysql gpl to OurSQL (Thanks Ben) which is also gpl but doesnt have any claims of a commercial license. Pure gpl no other issues. The codecan be 100% identical but a sec -e s/My/Our/g might be handy :)Then everyone can have something compatible that isnt in any way commercially licensed and would be valid under the terms of the gpl :) Nice simple and easy work around. As much as I personally dislike the gpl I dislike people who choose the gpl and then do not follow it themselves but insist everyone else should.
Well, IANAL but I think this has not been tested in court, and there is no way you can be sure you can get away with it. Being devil's advocate I could make a case this is just plain fraud. In any case, I would not want to become a testcase for this in court with our products. Ron -- NeoNova BV, The Netherlands Professional internet and VoIP solutions http://www.neonova.nl Kruislaan 419 1098 VA Amsterdam info: 020-5628292 servicedesk: 020-5628292 fax: 020-5628291 The following disclaimer applies to this email: http://www.neonova.nl/maildisclaimer
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