Oded Arbel wrote: > > ���� ����� 25 ����� 2004, 13:41, ���� �� ��� adi: > > On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 01:21:16PM +0200, Oded Arbel wrote: > > > If OTOH you want to redistribute Kannel w/o source code (which the Kannel > > > license allows you to do), that also means you'd need to distrbute closed > > > source code that links with MySQL client code. this is specifically > > > disallowed by the GPL which means you'd need a special non-GPL license > > > from MySQL, at which point MySQL AB are allowed to require you to buy a > > > server license if they want to. > > > > Please note that current cvs version of kannel contains > > GPL code (i.e gw_uuid stuffs). > > Oh, in that case the whole MySQL/Kannel GPL issue is moot. if Kannel already > legally contains GPLed code then it sure can link against MySQL's GPLed code.
why is that? If Kannel "would" contain GPL'ed code, then it's own license (BSD-style) would be absolete, since noone would be able to distribute binary only software without sources. This would break the GPL requirements of the GPL'ed code, but would be allowed by the BSD-style code. Stipe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wapme Systems AG M�nsterstr. 248 40470 D�sseldorf, NRW, Germany phone: +49.211.74845.0 fax: +49.211.74845.299 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wapme-systems.de/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (Cygwin) mIsEP6mcYwEEAMDnUiUwrbb+xwTFWN6TxF2+XZu7/alwJMeCwMBRvXtPZqfjpPhS OkBpU0F4TrVuugz1HINTSaJTYq10AzDQXp5NkyWgckqW79nPAWuOX0dicbJk+cN2 nM2TI4KaxUDe6u8hghNEnH/i2lXsUu9apnP/iixzV81VC2je3uc9hZpnAAYptEVT dGlwZSBUb2xqIChUZWNobm9sb2d5IENlbnRlciAmIFJlc2VhcmNoIExhYikgPHRv bGpAd2FwbWUtc3lzdGVtcy5kZT6ItAQTAQIAHgUCP6mcYwIbAwYLCQgHAwIDFQID AxYCAQIeAQIXgAAKCRABV0w1BqPYRuSqA/wPzsQxao2YePENCtgRTrO86U6zg3sl OcS6CJFI4FZP5h/xD3GRsNH1+MPSvZlomDdpFnr547DGz/Kq9MXuQwVvlVig5yWZ K5dtKp1r5YLhxJQBhfirZbRFFnYmf19f18J8OoS28tuFVftDl1AIwJS3HLyBTv6H g2HyLAEKQIp30Q== =aYCI -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
