On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 18:47 -0500, Sami M. Kallio wrote:
> So in short, if I develop a commercial application, and mention the MIT
> license, I can use DbLinq and MySQL client in my application?
I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "mention the MIT license."
The question is simple: is ALL involved source code available under a
GPL-compatible license (which includes BSD v2, MIT/X11, and a slew of
others)? If it is, you're fine.
Alternatively, if you never distribute your app outside of your company,
you're fine.
If neither of those is true, you _may_ have problems.
> I would not be
> able to distribute the MySQL server but my customers could obtain it
> themselves.
This is also a "workaround" solution as well, and is what allows the use
of binary kernel modules within the Linux kernel -- since the Linux
distro isn't distributing the binary modules themselves, the Linux being
GPL'd doesn't matter (as the "mixed" GPL+proprietary combination is
never distributed and is instead created by the end user).
> If it's a gray area, then PostgreSQL might be a wiser choice.
That said, PostgreSQL would ~always be a wiser choice ;-)
http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html
I'm not sure I see the point to a DB that permits February 31st as a
valid date...
- Jon
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