Shankar Unni writes:

> What are the rules about "bundling" now? If we distribute a (standalone) 
> copy of MySQL with our product, does that expose our product to the GPL? Or 
> is it just like distributing a copy of Emacs with your OS? (I.e. as long as 
> you make the source available, it doesn't automatically GPL the rest of 
> your OS?)
> 
> What if the product is designed to work with many databases, but we want to 
> distribute MySQL only as a "default database" (i.e. it doesn't depend on 
> MySQL for its functionality - it's merely a convenience)? Does that change 
> the GPL liability on our product?
> 
> Who can answer these questions?

I believe the GPL FAQ tries to address these questions:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#MereAggregation

Specifically, this may be of interest to you:
"By contrast, pipes, sockets and command-line arguments are
communication mechanisms normally used between two separate
programs. So when they are used for communication, the
modules normally are separate programs."

//C

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