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 -- Carl Troein - Círdan / Istari-PixelMagic - UIN 16353280 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://pixelmagic.dyndns.org/~cirdan/ Amiga user since '89, and damned proud of it too. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
