Oliver Elphick said: > Unless they actually attach extra conditions to the GPL (i.e. "This > product is licensed under GPL with the following extra conditions...") > this is rubbish. The GPL allows you to do what you like with the > software internally; its restrictions only apply to further > distribution. MySQL would _like_ you to pay for support or buy a > commercial licence, but you only _need_ to buy a licence if you want to > distribute a modified or linked MySQL without distributing your own > source code. > > If that position changes, we (Debian) will need to move MySQL from > Debian's main archive to its non-free section, or even drop it > altogether. So do let me know if that becomes necessary!
Then read this page: http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing.html Very carefully. Particularly the sentence "As long as you never distribute (internally or externally)"... ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
