On Monday, 26 בFebruary 2007 08:52, Alex Dover wrote: > If you read the MySQL licensing carefully, you'll see that the dual > licensing of MySQL is not valid if you distribute it with commercial > applications, even if you don't touch the original code.Look at this page: > http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/index.html > Commercial distributions are not allowed to use the GPL licensing for MySQL > as far as I can tell.
Why don't you read the *whole* sentence you pointed to: "For OEMs, ISVs, and VARs who distribute MySQL with their products, and do not license and distribute their source code under the GPL, MySQL provides a flexible OEM Commercial License." OK, I'll put it in bold so you can see it: "...AND DO NOT LICENSE AND DISTRIBUTE THEIR SOURCE CODE UNDER THE GPL..." So this applies only to those who *do not* distribute according to GPL. GPL and any free software and open source license *allows* for any use (including commercial use). If in doubt read the free software definition and the open source definition respectively. Now for the 1000'th time: proprietary != commercial. -- Oron Peled Voice/Fax: +972-4-8228492 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.actcom.co.il/~oron ICQ UIN: 16527398 Promises are like babies: fun to make, but hell to deliver. -- Nadav Har'El ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
