On Sat, Jun 13, 1998 at 01:48:58AM -0400, Kevin Atkinson wrote: > After carefully reading over the license of Mysql it seems like it could > be included in the main > distribution area. > > I am wondering exactly what parts are preventing it from being > included. > > Is it that you must purchase it if you wish to develop commercial > applications that require it?
Please go back and reed the Mysql license and the Debian Free Software Guidelines. >From the Mysql copyright: Copyright: MYSQL FREE PUBLIC LICENSE (Version 4, March 5, 1995) 2. Restrictions. This license is subject to the following restrictions: (a) Distribution of the Program or any work based on the Program by a commercial organization to any third party is prohibited if any payment is made in connection with such distribution, whether directly (as in payment for a copy of the Program) or indirectly (as in payment for some service related to the Program, or payment for some product or service that includes a copy of the Program "without charge"; these are only examples, and not an exhaustive enumeration of prohibited activities). However, the following methods of distribution involving payment shall not in and of themselves be a violation of this restriction: (i) Posting the Program on a public access information storage and retrieval service for which a fee is received for retrieving information (such as an on-line service), provided that the fee is not content-dependent (i.e., the fee would be the same for retrieving the same volume of information consisting of random data). (ii) Distributing the Program on a CD-ROM, provided that the files containing the Program are reproduced entirely and verbatim on such CD-ROM, and provided further that all information on such CD-ROM be redistributable for non-commercial purposes without charge. [..] (c) You must meet all of the following conditions with respect to the distribution of any work based on the Program: [..] (ii) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole and at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License; [..] This fails #1 of the DFSG as written: 1. Free Redistribution The license of a Debian component may not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing programs from several different sources. The license may not require a royalty or other fee for such sale. Regards, Joey -- / Martin Schulze * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * 26129 Oldenburg / / Experience is a useful thing. Unfortunately it is / / only acquired just after one could have used it. / -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]