You can require GPL components without having to distribute them. That way you don't have to support them, either.
Curtis Ben Clewett said: > Okay... > > BTW, I have cleared purchacing licences with my own people, and we do > not have a problem. Neither do I not like MySQL, I do. > > The licence model you have supports a model similar to that of Oricle. > Large, small quantity, expensive products. We are at the opposite end. > > Small low cost products which are Shareware, or low cost. (Even > Shareware needs a MySQL Licence.) In this case the MySQL licence is up > to 200% of the cost of the product. You say it's cheep... It is for > one. I need hundreds/thousands. The licences also cannot be purchaced > without an expensive support contract. You gues are too good, I don't > need one :) > > To be fare, you do discounts for low cost software. But if only $10 on > 5000 products is still the difference between hiring, or firing, a > programmer. > > Is this case, you can say, 'Well, f*** off then', and we will. But > there are a lot more small companies than large ones. There may be a > time when one too many companies are using, say, SapDB, and MySQL > becomes a backwater... > > The MS model is not the same as everybody has this and paid for it, > often without evern knowing it. Even if, like me, I wipe it and > install something else. > > I feal I am digging my self a grave here, so this will be about my last > ever posting... Either that or your mailing administrator will start > bouncing my mail.... > > Ben > > Rusch (ext) Reiner wrote: >> Hi Ben, >> >> I'm not sure what you really want to sell. >> If you have to take a license from MySQL because of a commercial use, >> you just have to take ONE license. >> Correct me, if I'm wrong! >> If you want to sell your programs etc. which uses MySQL then see it in >> another way: >> Firstly MySQL isn't very expensive in my opinion. >> If your client wants to buy your programs then he has to buy a license >> (when his way is a commercial one). >> So this would be a must that your client has to take. >> But, if you would sell programs based on Microsoft Windows, what would >> be the difference? >> None! Your client would need to have a valid license on this OS! But >> would you say, Microsofts Windows (for example!) would be bad just >> because it's difficult to tell your client that he NEED'S windows to >> run your work? NO, you wouldn't! Perhaps because "everyone" has >> windows. But why to think in another way about MySQL? >> I think this isn't fair!!! >> >> Regards, >> Reiner >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To > unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble > unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
