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Posted by kiggaplease on 01-15-2004 11:14 PM:

MySQL license review

MySQL AB offers either a paid commercial license or an open source license, so the only way not to pay for one for a closed-source, proprietary application is if it's not a derivative application (although the company claims that the necessity for the installation of the MySQL server constitutes a derivative application).

MySQL is undergoing an open review of its licensing policy, could affect proprietary software like vBulletin and whatnot. In fact, it could upset a whole lot of commerce done on the Internet that takes MySQL databases for granted.

Posted by kryogenix on 01-16-2004 12:14 AM:

not good. i think i might take a mySQL class or maybe i should just buy a book

Posted by ajy on 01-16-2004 01:16 AM:

i think im going to post a sql hacking tutorial

that used to be my thing

Posted by micron on 01-16-2004 06:22 PM:

Re: MySQL license review

quote:
Originally posted by acidbreeze
MySQL AB offers either a paid commercial license or an open source license, so the only way not to pay for one for a closed-source, proprietary application is if it's not a derivative application (although the company claims that the necessity for the installation of the MySQL server constitutes a derivative application).

MySQL is undergoing an open review of its licensing policy, could affect proprietary software like vBulletin and whatnot. In fact, it could upset a whole lot of commerce done on the Internet that takes MySQL databases for granted.
For one thing, the upcoming version of php won't come bundled with mysql libraries anymore because of licensing issues. So I doubt mysql will be as popular in the future as it is today. The main reason of its popularity today is because of php - but then again, same goes for php. That's why theyre opting for an alternative - sqlite (its opensource) for version5.

Posted by micron on 01-16-2004 06:23 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by ajy
i think im going to post a sql hacking tutorial

that used to be my thing
Go shove a banana up yours and stop pretending you know something you obviously have no clue about.

Posted by kiggaplease on 01-16-2004 08:40 PM:

looks like they finally came up with an exception for PHP, which should ameliorate the bundled library issue. Then again, enabling libmysql to work with PHP is almost as simple as installing PHP itself

Posted by ajy on 01-17-2004 02:15 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by jusunlee
Go shove a banana up yours and stop pretending you know something you obviously have no clue about.





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