Will FC2 have MySQL 4?

WipeOut wipe_out at users.sourceforge.net
Tue Feb 24 12:56:03 UTC 2004


Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:

>On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 07:29 -0500, Richard Welty wrote:
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>>On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 11:21:55 -0000 Nigel <ncc-lists at rentokil.com> wrote:
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>>>Doesn't the MySQL AB licence allow for non commercial redistribution?
>>>That would allow FC but not AS, ES WS etc.
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>>it would allow Fedora distribution, but might blindside businesses
>>that are unaware of MySQL AB's license terms.
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>*cof*cof* both of you are wrong.
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>MySQL is GPL'ed which allows and is a good incentive for commercial
>redistribution.
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>What it is not good for is proprietary software distribution, which is a
>totally _different_ thing.
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>Rui
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Ok, how does this work.. We are developing a PHP based web app that will 
never be sold and the code is not GPL.. It will be hosted by us and 
people will subscribe to the service that we are offering and pay a 
monthly fee.. Would I be required to buy a MySQL licence?

Later..





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