--- On Thu, 6/30/11, Alexander Thurgood <[email protected]> wrote: ... > Le 29/06/11 23:05, Pedro F. Giffuni a écrit : > > Hi Pedro, > > I was particularly wondering about this one : > > > Name > Version license > > __________ > > > mysql-connector > 1.1.0 GPL >
Hi Alex; > > The connector-c package from Mysql containing the libmysql > library is > released under GPL2, at least that is what is says in the > copy I have. > All MySQL is GPLv2. This is not really a problem for us because this is some functionality we would be likely to make optional: not every OpenOffice user requires a db connector (although it is admittedly cool). > > Oracle owns Mysql, so one would have thought that in theory > this code could also be granted to the ASF - however, it > appears that that is still uncertain, since as you rightly > point out the list given is silent on the licence > information. I think a connector license change would actually make a lot of sense for *them*. The main competitor is BSD-licensed but if they want to keep it copyleft I am pretty sure they know the advantages of the CDDL, so perhaps someone should just remind them ;) . Pedro.
