On 11/24/10 4:46 PM, "Trevor DeVore" <li...@mangomultimedia.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Mark Schonewille <
> m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote:
>
>> Actually, that's what I use most of the time, particularly the completely
>> free (open-source) MySQL server.
>>
>
> Mark is probably aware of this already but just a heads up for those not
> familiar with MySQL licensing. MySQL is not necessarily free to use in your
> projects.
>
> Recently I spoke with an Oracle licensing rep as I was going to distribute a
> product that interfaced with MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQL Server based on what
> the customer already had installed. For my situation (application built in
> LiveCode, selling to customers)I was told that I must purchase licenses that
> I then resell to my customers. This is true even if the customer already has
> their own MySQL licenses. I have to sell them a license for use with my
> product. Also, you cannot buy single licenses from Oracle, you must buy in
> bulk. I ended up dropping MySQL as one of the database offerings because of
> the licensing terms.
Exactly.
This is one more real story about
CALL to mySQL (Oracle now) to become aware and suprised
how many thousands of $$$ will cost "free" mySQL for your project.
> I ended up recommending PostgreSQL for customers that didn't have any
> databases installed and those who already have SQL Server licenses use SQL
> Server.
Yes, the only really free licenses have for now SqlLite and Postgre.
It seems FireBird also.
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Best regards,
Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc
Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information
http://www.paradigmasoft.com
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