On Monday, 26 בFebruary 2007 09:18, Alex Dover wrote:
> This is exactly the point I was making - you can't just use GPL in MySQL
> case - there're additional restrictions (use in proprietary product).
Nothing is additional. No GPL software can be proprietary. Period.
> Which makes it unusable for most proprietary commercial use and that's a
> reason to use PostgreSQL instead,which doesn't have such restrictions due to
> its' BSD license.
It makes it unusable for proprietary code regardless of its
commercial use.
You probably didn't read what Ori wrote. Commercial != Proprietary.
To make it clear, let's use a simple example:
- A non-profit (e.g: Hamakor) develops an application.
- The application is linked against GPL code (e.g: MySQL libs).
- The non-profit distribute the application free of charge (gratis).
- If this application is proprietary (no source code), this
still violates the GPL.
To make it extra clear, let's list some common proprietary applications
which are given away free of charge: Flash-Player, Acrobat Reader,
Internet Explorer, Windows-Media-Player, Google Earth.
Non of these may link against GPL libraries and keep distribution
under the same terms.
Stop the FUD.
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