On Aug 11, 2004, at 7:09, Leonardo Francalanci wrote:
If you develop a product, say, some kind of online shopping
system that you
distribute on a CD which installs Linux, Apache, MysQL, PHP and
your App and
distribute that, then you probably should be paying for a license. This is
because instead of you handing over full code (and it's rights) to the
client as their property, you are placing licensing limitations on it.
Ok, but if I say to a client (that has his own web server) "you will need to
install Mysql on your server to run the site I'm writing for you", will he
need a license?
Hi Leonardo,
We always recommend that proprietary use of MySQL be done under our for-pay license. This is a simple recommendation that helps us fund development and is always correct.
However, if you are creating a work for a client who has hired you to build something for them, then chances are quite good that MySQL can legally be used under the GPL.
If you build a proprietary software product that is based on MySQL and distribute this to customers, then you probably can't do so with the GPL licensed version of MySQL and would need to purchase non-GPL licenses for MySQL.
Cheers! -- Zak Greant MySQL AB Community Advocate
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