On Wednesday 04 June 2003 08:13 pm, Sujita Purushothaman wrote:
If you use MySQL to develop a closed-source application you have to buy the commercial license. If you use the GPLed MySQL then you have to release your application under the GPL.
Not so fast. The original question involved perl, so there would be no linking involved. This is a matter of use, not derivation. At the very most, it's a matter of runtime linkage, which even the FSF says is beyond its right to regulate.
Indeed, I didn't think about the implications of using perl. :(
-Sujita
-- Sujita Purushothaman Research Engineer, Open Source Development, MIMOS Berhad, Malaysia. http://www.asiaosc.org
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