I guess MySQL AB should remove the phrase "internal or external" from the statement, then. ;)
John > -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Price [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 2:53 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: [OT] free Database with Transaction (Sorry for the noise) > > > > > Turner, John wrote: > > 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. > > Sorry, this is incorrect. You may use it in a commercial setting > without a commercial license in a non-GPL'd application if you do not > redistribute the MySQL software. In other words, if the customer of > your application downloads and installs MySQL herself, then > she is able > to use MySQL to power the application regardless, without a > commercial > license and without requiring the application to be GPL'd. > > > > Erik > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
