> On Sun, 29 Jun 2003, Robert Cummings wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 14:19, Sterling Hughes wrote:
> > >
> > > - Due to issues surrounding the MySQL 4.0 license, the MySQL libraries
> > > are no longer bundled with PHP. For more information on these
> > > licensing changes please see the MySQL licensing policy [1]
> > >
> > > [1] http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing.html
> >
> > I read the licensing information in the above link, but I'm curious what
> > exactly in it necessitated the need to unbundle MySQL? Anyone have a
> > quick answer?
Note that the bundled library code was removed due to being
unmaintained. The old bundled library code was in the public
domain and thus not subject to the GPL. Only the MySQL 4
library is GPLed; the MySQL 3 library is not.
It is unfortunate that some people try to confuse the public
about this topic.
- Sascha
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