Will mysql 4 be in FC2?

John Hodrien johnh at comp.leeds.ac.uk
Tue Feb 17 17:31:51 UTC 2004


On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Charles R. Anderson wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 12:10:27PM -0500, John Davidson wrote:
> > Are there any plans to upgrade mysql to version 4 in the FC2 release?
> 
> No.  Due to the client library license change to GPL, it is of
> questionable legality to link mysql 4 client libraries to other
> components in FC2, such as php, perl, and apache.

Apologies, I found it in http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing-faq.html.

I'm amazed this is the case though.

jh

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