"you are better served by our commercial license" is not necessarily the same as: "you must buy our commercial license."
Either way, if you want to verify the license needs for your specific situation, contact the company. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jacques Kilchoer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 6:25 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: MySQL in the future? > > > It seems (almost) clear to me from the text at > http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing.html > "This is our licensing policy in brief: Our software is 100% > GPL, and if > yours is also 100% GPL (or OSI compliant), then you never > have to pay us for > the licences. In all other instances, you are better served by our > commercial licence." > > If your application is 100% GPL (Gnu Public License) then you > can use mySQL > for free. > If your application is NOT 100% GPL then you can use mySQL > but you have to > pay for it. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Richard Ji [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > What? Are you sure? My understanding is if I make changes to MySql > > code or some addon to MySql I need to submit my changes > bakc to public > > and GPL. That what the whole dispute between MySQL the > > company and the > > community before, right? > > > > But my application too? For just using it? What about all > > those sites -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Anderson, Brian INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
