I'm not from an official source but I would imagine the reason for the change of license is to be able to charge for a non-GPL version of the driver. With that in mind it wouldn't make much sence if you could use the driver with a non-GPL program without making the program GLP also (and thus avoiding the license fee).
Best regards Nicolas j.random.programmer wrote: >Hi: > >Firstly, I'd like to congratulate both MySQL AB and >Mr. Mathews on making the JDBC driver an officialy >supported download. > >I have a query though. Newer versions of the mm.mysql >driver (now called connector/j) will be released *not* >under the LGPL but under the GPL. > >Now if I am using the mysql database as a web site >back end, the web site is totally independent of the >database and cannot be considered a "derived work" >of the mysql database. (keep in mind, the notion of >"derived work" is *very* hazy under the GPL). > >But if the JDBC driver itself is GPL'ed and I am >using the driver in my web site's jsp/servlet code, >then it's concievable that the entire web site's >contents >and code become GPL'ed too. Of course, I wouldn't want >to GPL by web site/code just because I am using a >driver (keep in mind, using, *not* extending or >customizing). > >Well, the question is, does in fact the use of the >JDBC driver GPL my java server pages ? That is, does >the entire web site become a "derived work" ? > >Any offical response from either Mr. Mathews of >MySQL AB would be appreciated... > >Best regards, > >--j > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs >http://www.hotjobs.com > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
