On Jul 17, 2006, at 12:00 PM, Stefan wrote:
On Jul 17, 2006, at 08:57 AM, Dr Gerard Hammond wrote:
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?
Here is a reply from MySQL's sales team:
There are 3 keys in MySQL Licensing :
* Do you bundle your application with MySQL ?
* Is your application Closed Source
* Does your software need MySQL to run ?
If the answer to those three questions is yes then you will require a
commercial licence.
...
One question : Which driver do you ship ? Is it our driver ?
If yes you might be required to become partner in order to do so.
An alternative that may simplify the problem on the Mac side is to use
the Actual ODBC driver for Open Source Databases. We are a MySQL
Certified Partner and have already paid the pound of flesh required by
MySQL AB for client access.
Jonathan Monroe
Actual Technologies - ODBC for OS X
http://www.actualtechnologies.com
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