Re: FYI: Next draft of MySQL FLOSS license exception

2004-05-18 Thread Zak Greant
On May 17, 2004, at 21:51, John Cowan wrote: Zak Greant scripsit: The intent of the exception is to allow more Free/Libre and Open Source Software applications to be able to form derivative works with GPL-licensed MySQL software. The exception says that the MySQL client code can be combined with

Re: [off-band] Re: FYI: Next draft of MySQL FLOSS license exception

2004-05-18 Thread John Cowan
Alexander Terekhov scripsit: The copyright law does NOT establish exclusive right to combine works. FSF's theory of derivative works (just like the sort of FSF-inspired SCO's theory of derivative works) is total crap. If you truly believe that, you can make a lot of money publishing

Re: [off-band] Re: FYI: Next draft of MySQL FLOSS license exception

2004-05-18 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Read the GPL section 1. Read also creativecommons.org's share-alike licenses. Finally, do me a favor and, in kinda spirit of the above mentioned section, please post the entire message of mine (including disclaimer) to the list. You can remove [off-band] prefix from the subject (given that