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:
For normal internal use, MySQL generally costs nothing. You do
not have to pay us if you do not want to.
A license is required if:
You sell the MySQL server directly or as a part of another
product or service
You charge for installing and maintaining a MySQL server at
some client site
You include MySQL in a distribution that is non
redistributable and you charge for some part of that
distribution
You can't even put it on a CD that you sell for $5. And saying "you
have to go download mySQL to be able to use this product" is (IANAL)
equivalent to selling it with the product, if a lawyer wants to get on
your butt about it.
> I again repeat. The capabilities of MySQL (and others) ARE ADEQUATE
> for a large portion of the userbase. Support for them should not be
> rejected simply because they don't meet the needs of everyone.
There *are* free alternatives. Free in this case means that if we
make gnucash depend on it, we don't restrict people's abilities to use
and distribute gnucash.
b.g.
