Ed Leafe wrote: > On Jan 23, 2007, at 4:46 PM, Paul McNett wrote: > >> Not necessarily. If we distributed Dabo with the note "MySQL and >> MySQLdb >> are required for Dabo to function", and then left it up to people to >> install the needed dependencies themselves, Dabo wouldn't be infected >> with the GPL. > > Again, please read MySQL AB's position on this. They would strongly > disagree with you.
I know their position, and it is wrong. They have an obvious commercial interest in interpreting it in the way they do. Whether it will ever see the light of legal precedent is anyone's guess. -- pkm ~ http://paulmcnett.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-dev
