On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 06:03:18PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > >> MySQL libraries currently are plain GPL, NOT LGPL as someone thought. > > > Unless they're trying to retroactively revoke the LGPL license, versions > > of the libs prior to MySQL 4.0 are still available under thh LGPL. > [...] > > It's not that simple. > > Quoting myself in http://bugs.debian.org/168554 > |Nevertheless this does not make libmysqlclient10 licensed under LGPL > |because mysql-dfsg-3.23.53/libmysql/net.c includes mysqld_error.h, a > |GPLed file. > | > |Please clarify this issue with upstream, whether this was an accident > |and libmysqlclient10 is supposed to be LGPL or if it was intended and > |libmysqlclient10 is indeed licensed under GPL. > cu andreas
Also, it's surely my fault, but I cannot find any LGPL proof of statement in libmysql sources. Could anyone provide it? Anyway I asked for clarifications about licensing on 3/4 series. -- Francesco P. Lovergine
