Re: Database backend -- Was: Remarks on mail

[Dylan Paul Thurston]

On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 06:26:20PM -0500, Bill Gribble wrote:
> Richard Wackerbarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > That is a "religious" reaction. MySQL is limited for only some
> > users. For all practical purposes, MySQL is "free" for a major
> > portion of the potential user base.
> 
> It's not free for anyone who might want to sell gnucash.  From the 
> mysql manual: 
> ...
> You can't even put it on a CD that you sell for $5.  ...

As much as I agree entirely that MySQL is not free in a useful sense,
this last statement is not generally true: from their web site, they allow

> 2. 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.

So you need to replace "CD" by "DVD Disk" or "tape" for your statement
to be fully true.

Another point is that MySQL is not even gratis for Windows, nor can it
ever be gratis for Windows.

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I agree with another poster that _some_ form of export is necessary.

I also have no problems with adding MySQL support in addition to
PostgreSQL support or some other support.

Best,
        Dylan Thurston
        [EMAIL PROTECTED]