> > * 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.
> 
> This is true only since 4.1.X licensing scheme. Using 3.5X.XX 
> or 4.0.XX drivers remains free.
> 
> When MySQL adopted this new scheme for drivers (including C 
> Lib) we saw a new popular interest in PostgreSQL and SQLite ;-)

I don't think SQLite received any additional attention - the core technology
there is free. But a free database that was designed for non-network
deployment doesn't make it suddenly more attractive as a server product. I
think PostgreSQL did get a lot more attention.

Best regards,

Lynn Fredricks
President
Paradigma Software, Inc

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