Hi Jasper and Kenji, There used to be a commercial license that was about $149.00 (USD) AFAIK without support as this was available separately. I would presume that the numbers of people buying this as opposed to a complete package with support was probably rather small hence a replacement by the community/network editions packaging the different needs and requirements of large companies vs. small scale developers.
If any larger scale enterprise is considering MySQL (as they should 8-)) the network is a very cheap way of getting commercially available and supported software (certainly in comparison to some of the other DB's I come across. I also believe that you can certainly distribute MySQL as long as your software is distributed under the same license. If you wish to have a closed source product, you would be required to purchase a commercial license. The license has become an annual subscription rather than a one off payment. See https://shop.mysql.com/network_features.html for a list and comparison of features for the different levels. Regards David Logan Database Administrator HP Managed Services 148 Frome Street, Adelaide 5000 Australia +61 8 8408 4273 - Work +61 417 268 665 - Mobile +61 8 8408 4259 - Fax -----Original Message----- From: Jasper Bryant-Greene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 24 October 2005 11:39 AM To: Kenji HIROHAMA Cc: Alexey Polyakov; mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: Should I buy commercial license? On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 09:29 +0900, Kenji HIROHAMA wrote: > On 10/24/05, Jasper Bryant-Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's not necessarily true. Many people need to buy a license because > > they need the support that comes with paying for the software, or they > > need to support the development of a product that they are likely to > > rely on for their business. > > But MySQL commercial license is just license and doesn't come with the support. > (MySQL Network include the support, though.) > > So, I think, "support" would not be the reason to buy commercial > license in MySQL case. I think you are confused about what the MySQL commercial license is. As I understand it, MySQL commercial license *is* MySQL Network, as detailed at the following URL: http://www.mysql.com/network/compare.html I cannot find anything on the MySQL website about purchasing a commercial license without support. -- Jasper Bryant-Greene General Manager Album Limited e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: http://www.album.co.nz/ p: 0800 4 ALBUM (0800 425 286) or +64 21 232 3303 a: PO Box 579, Christchurch 8015, New Zealand -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
