mysql 4.x and fedoracore2

[Birju Prajapati]

Aly Dharshi wrote:

> Unless the Java applet has something that links against MySQL JDBC or 
> uses low-level libs.

I'm doing Applet > JBoss > SessionBean > Hibernate > MySQLConnector > MySQL
ugh

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> Paul Howarth wrote:
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>> Birju Prajapati wrote:
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>>> OK...what I dont get is that there are so many websites that profit 
>>> from MySQL running things other than PHP (where there is an 
>>> 'optional GPL Licence').
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>> An exception has to be made for PHP because the PHP license is not 
>> GPL-compatible.
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>>> So are these companies 'distributing binaries'?
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>> No, they're not. They're running an application and not necessarily 
>> distributing that application to anyone else.
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>>> Will they have to reveal their source?
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>> No.
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>>> Can HTML be defined as a binary??!!
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>> No. It's not linked to the MySQL database.
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>>> If the website has a Java applet, this is a binary, right?
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>> It's a binary but it's not linked to the MySQL libraries so it 
>> doesn't need to be GPL.
>>
>> Paul.
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