Re: Are MySQL driver and MySQL protocol allowed in distribution?

2018-04-15 Thread ???? Sheng Wu
quot;general"<general@incubator.apache.org>; Subject: Re: Are MySQL driver and MySQL protocol allowed in distribution? On 13 April 2018 at 11:26, Karl Wright <daddy...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can't distribute the MySQL driver, but as long as you don't distribute > the driver, you ar

RE: Are MySQL driver and MySQL protocol allowed in distribution?

2018-04-15 Thread Toby Considine
and MySQL protocol allowed in distribution? Thanks for the explanation. William On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 9:36 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 13 April 2018 at 11:26, Karl Wright <daddy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You can't distribute the MySQL driver, but as long as y

Re: Are MySQL driver and MySQL protocol allowed in distribution?

2018-04-15 Thread William Guo
Thanks for the explanation. William On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 9:36 PM, sebb wrote: > On 13 April 2018 at 11:26, Karl Wright wrote: > > You can't distribute the MySQL driver, but as long as you don't > distribute > > the driver, you are free to solve the

Re: Are MySQL driver and MySQL protocol allowed in distribution?

2018-04-13 Thread sebb
On 13 April 2018 at 11:26, Karl Wright wrote: > You can't distribute the MySQL driver, but as long as you don't distribute > the driver, you are free to solve the problem any way you like. You can > require that the user download the driver themselves, or you can develop >

Re: Are MySQL driver and MySQL protocol allowed in distribution?

2018-04-13 Thread ???? Sheng Wu
Kark Thanks for helps. Sheng Wu ---Original--- From: "Karl Wright"<daddy...@gmail.com> Date: Fri, Apr 13, 2018 18:26 PM To: "general"<general@incubator.apache.org>; Subject: Re: Are MySQL driver and MySQL protocol allowed in distribution? You can't distribu

Re: Are MySQL driver and MySQL protocol allowed in distribution?

2018-04-13 Thread Karl Wright
You can't distribute the MySQL driver, but as long as you don't distribute the driver, you are free to solve the problem any way you like. You can require that the user download the driver themselves, or you can develop your own driver -- all of those are fine. Karl On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at

Are MySQL driver and MySQL protocol allowed in distribution?

2018-04-13 Thread ???? Sheng Wu
Hi, Someone asked whether could provide a mysql based storage implemention for SKyWalking. I am aware mysql driver is under GPL, so should not be allowed, right? Then how about the mysql protocol? If they implement the codes by themself, because the storage required a few features compared to