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

2018-04-15 Thread ???? Sheng Wu
Yes, MySQL will be an optional feature. And only required by a few people. So, asking them to download is good enough. I will share this solution to the community. Sheng Wu ---Original--- From: "sebb" Date: Fri, Apr 13, 2018 21:36 PM To: "general"; Subject: Re:

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

2018-04-15 Thread Toby Considine
The simple rule, in standards or in open source, is: Incorporate by Reference not by Inclusion. All else is details. -Original Message- From: William Guo [mailto:gu...@apache.org] Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2018 8:44 AM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Are MySQL driver and

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 problem any way you like. You can > > req

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 > your own driver -- all

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" Date: Fri, Apr 13, 2018 18:26 PM To: "general"; Subject: Re: Are MySQL driver and MySQL protocol allowed in distribution? You can't distribute the MySQL driver, but as long as you don't distr

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 6:20