Martijn van Iersel wrote:
> Hello
>
> I'm writing a small database application on top of
> mysql. It is almost finished and now I'm thinking
> about how to distribute it.
>
> I am thinking of making two separate distibutions, one
> without mysql that you can use if the database server
> is located on a different computer, and a standalone
> version that has mysql already in it and for which you
> don't need to worry about setting up a mysql server.
> Ideally they would have to download and unzip just one
> file and then it should work already.
>
> My questions are:
> - is this possible?
Yes.
> - is this allowed? (my application is probably going
> to be open-source)
If your application's open source license is GPL-compatible, yes.
Otherwise you need to purchase a commercial non-GPL license from MySQL AB.
-Mark
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