MySQL

[Ed Wilts]

On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 10:29:25AM -0700, Chris wrote:
> RHN is not behind - there are just simple licensing issues with mySQL 4.1 
> and above.  Under the new terms they implemented, one is no longer allowed 
> to "bundle" mySQL with other applications, operating systems, etc.  

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/mysql-floss-license-exception.html

> I'm not a lawyer so I can't tell you for sure what RH can and cannot do, 
> but you can read the new license agreements on mySQL web site for further 
> details.

These are above.  There is an exception for open source software.

As I've mentioned before, mysql is on the RHEL4 CDs.

[root at scsftp rhel4]# ls /mnt/rhel4/disc*/RedHat/RPMS/mysql*
/mnt/rhel4/disc2/RedHat/RPMS/mysql-4.1.7-4.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
/mnt/rhel4/disc3/RedHat/RPMS/mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
/mnt/rhel4/disc4/RedHat/RPMS/mysql-bench-4.1.7-4.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
/mnt/rhel4/disc4/RedHat/RPMS/mysql-devel-4.1.7-4.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
/mnt/rhel4/disc4/RedHat/RPMS/mysql-server-4.1.7-4.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm
/mnt/rhel4/disc4/RedHat/RPMS/mysqlclient10-devel-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm

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