MySQL Version 4

[WipeOut]

Joe Orton wrote:

>On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 03:38:41PM +0000, WipeOut wrote:
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>>>Hans Müller wrote:
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>>>>Why will FC 2 have only MySQL version 3 and not the newer 4?
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>>There has been a recent change to the License which may change things, 
>>but who knows.. I guess its in RedHat's hands..
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>>http://www.mysql.com/products/foss-exception.html
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>We're (still) working with MySQL to resolve this.
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>1) Any changes to the MySQL web site do not affect the licensing of 
>the code in released tarballs
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>2) The current proposed license exception seems to be useless for us
>since it only applies if you do not bundle derivative works of the MySQL
>client libraries (to which the exception is intended to apply) with the
>MySQL Server.  Which would mean we could only use the MySQL 4.0 client 
>if we did *not* use the MySQL 4.0 Server.
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>(IANAL, but that seems to be the clear intent of the exception)
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>Regards,
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>joe
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Its at least nice to know that RH is trying to get the problem resolved.. :)

MySQL 3 is going to become dated very quickly since the MySQL release 
roadmap looks like its going to move very quickly..

Later..