> From: Dr Gerard Hammond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:57:59 +1000
> If I sell a commercial product ( eg. a RB db app that contains the RB > MySQL plugin) to a business that has already installed their own copy > of MySQL and they use my app against their MySQL server, who pays the > MySQL fee? > -- ============================================= > From: Kim Kohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:28:18 +1000 > > On 17/07/2006, at 12:57 PM, Dr Gerard Hammond wrote: > I don't have an answer but the MySQL licensing has always been a bit =20 > mystical. > http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/commercial-license.html > An RB developer could ship a solution to a client running Mac OS X =20 > Server which has MySQL running by default. What's the requirement? =20 > The client hasn't had to download and install - nor has the developer =20= > > shipped it - it was shipped as part of the OS. > > My understanding (which could be wrong) is that if MySQL was =20 > *required* for a commercial app (eg. your app runs ONLY on MySQL) =20 > then it was subject to full commercial fees however, f your app can =20 > run on something else (SQLite, Postgres etc) as well as MySQL, then =20 > that stipulation is reduced or negated. Guys, just read license of mySQL http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/commercial-license.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Selling software that includes MySQL to customers who install the software on their own machines. * Selling software that requires customers to install MySQL themselves on their own machines. * If you include one or more of the MySQL drivers in your non-GPL application (so that your application can run with MySQL), you need a commercial license for the driver(s) in question. The MySQL drivers currently include an ODBC driver, a JDBC driver and the C language library. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I.e. If you have just mySQL client (driver) then you MUST PAY. I think this is enough to understand that ANY REALBasic developer which not ship his app as non-GPL should pay for mySQL. ************************************************** AND just few days ago mySQL have introduce new change in their policy. read this BLOB: http://www.planetmysql.org/kaj/?p=56 -- Best regards, Ruslan Zasukhin VP Engineering and New Technology Paradigma Software, Inc Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information http://www.paradigmasoft.com [I feel the need: the need for speed] _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
