On 2/15/09 1:41 PM, "Thorsten Hohage" <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Thorsten, This is very interesting and I should say new info for me. I believe many times on RB and Revolution list (especially) people express point that they can use mySQL of their ISPs for free. Info which you provide below changes things a lots. I will CC this to REV list for info. >>> But mySQL is not totally free, even when used at an ISP! Many, many >>> customer of ISPs go in a big trap, because they used the offered mySQL >>> licence from the ISP for their commercial use what is in sense of mySQL >>> legals not allowed. >> >> Why you think so? > Because I read and discussed the given mySQL licence terms when > dealing with that issues (and I break them like anybody else :-)) > > The fact that mySQL is free for ISPs and they put them on their > servers does NOT mean everybody being a customer for such a package > can use it for free! > > Of course e.g. when you're going to use let us say Joomla, then Joomla > is Open Source, too and AFAIK then your content will not be some kind > of "Open Content". > > But when you develop a software using this hosted mySQL, then you must > decide PAY or Open Source it, and it doesn't matter if this is hosted > at your ISP or not. -- Best regards, Ruslan Zasukhin VP Engineering and New Technology Paradigma Software, Inc Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information http://www.paradigmasoft.com [I feel the need: the need for speed] _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
