Sorry to add to the noise, but I feel the need to add:  On the next
version of NetWare (6.5), there will be a commercially-licensed copy of
MySQL that an application can use without the restrictions John listed. 
In case that helps anybody decide for or against using it.

Jeff Tulley  ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(801)861-5322
Novell, Inc., the leading provider of Net business solutions
http://www.novell.com

>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/18/03 12:57:34 PM >>>

Without going into a whole argument...technically MySQL is not free
for
commercial use.  If you use MySQL in a commercial setting, internal or
external, without purchasing a commercial license, you may do so only
if the
application that uses MySQL is also GPL
(http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing.html).  This is something that
many
companies (and developers) would prefer to avoid, for various reasons.
PostgreSQL has no such requirement as it is distributed under the BSD
license.

John


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