Ed Leafe wrote: > On Jan 24, 2007, at 10:37 AM, Uwe Grauer wrote: > >> Which was the reason i stated that mySQLdb shouldn't be bundled with >> the dabo runtime. > > I understand, and now consider this as more than just idle chatter. > But there is some "wiggle-room" in the wording; the runtime works > just fine without connecting to MySQL, so we are only including > MySQLdb, which is not GPL. > > I don't want to re-ignite this discussion. I'm convinced that there > is no clear answer, and that's the way that certain lawyers want it > to be. Let me leave it this way: if anyone from MySQL AB contacts us > about potential violations, then we remove anything to do with MySQL > from the runtime and any other distributed code. But until then, it > stays.
But following the Q/A you posted, we are even violating the GPL by including dabo/db/dbMySQL.py, because it requires MySQLdb, which requires MySQL-client, which is GPL. So we don't even need to bundle it or distribute it, just require it. No, it isn't required to run Dabo, but it is required for dabo/db/dbMySQL.py to work. Indeed, MySQLdb may even be GPL, as the sourceforge page lists three licenses, one of which is GPL. In addition to licensing issues, should we bring up software patents? How many patents are we unknowingly infringing on? Are you sure? We can either throw up our hands, pack up and quit, or keep plugging on not having black and white answers to questions that concern us. -- pkm ~ http://paulmcnett.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-dev
