Op vrijdag 30 december 2011 00:11:40 schreef Michael Widenius: > Hi! > > >>>>> "Maarten" == Maarten Vanraes <[email protected]> writes: > <cut> > > Maarten> I don't know if this is related or not, but i found this text: > Maarten> > http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17952_01/refman-5.1-en/license-gnu-readline.htm > l > > Maarten> i note the "or later" in this text. > > Maarten> does this mean that the GPLv2 license is also a GPLv2+ license for > mysql? > > What the above means is that if Oracle uses any GPL software that > specifies 'GPLV2 or later', Oracle will use it under GPLv2. > > It does not mean that the MySQL software that Oracle releases under > GPLv2 can be combined with other GPLv3 code :( > > Regards, > Monty
thanks for the explanation, it was totally unclear to me, but IANAL. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
