From dev-return-22088-apmail-apr-dev-archive=apr.apache.org@apr.apache.org Thu Jul 30 17:54:18 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-apr-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 95957 invoked from network); 30 Jul 2009 17:54:18 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 30 Jul 2009 17:54:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 11143 invoked by uid 500); 30 Jul 2009 17:54:18 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-apr-dev-archive@apr.apache.org Received: (qmail 11061 invoked by uid 500); 30 Jul 2009 17:54:18 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@apr.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list dev@apr.apache.org Received: (qmail 11045 invoked by uid 99); 30 Jul 2009 17:54:18 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:54:18 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=10.0 tests=SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [194.242.35.75] (HELO dns-factory.at) (194.242.35.75) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:54:07 +0000 Received: from [172.17.100.14] apache@gknw.net [84.63.43.219] by dns-factory.at with NetMail SMTP Agent $Revision: 8582 $ on Novell NetWare via secured & encrypted transport (TLS); Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:53:36 +0200 Message-ID: <4A71DE16.8020009@apache.org> Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:53:26 +0200 From: Guenter Knauf User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: APR Developer List Subject: Re: Looking for final determination on shipping binary dbd/dbm stubs References: <4A712BFE.703@rowe-clan.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Nick, Nick Kew schrieb: > On 30 Jul 2009, at 06:13, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: >=20 >> In between are mysql and db which both have copy-left viral terms >> but are not GPL per say. I thought we had worked out that apr_dbd_mys= ql >> is ok, but I can't find the notes :( >=20 > re: MySQL >=20 > If it helps, I just checked back in my blog: > http://bahumbug.wordpress.com/2007/08/08/apacheapr-mysql-driver/ >=20 > It's clear the date of that blog article follows discussion on-list > that led to the decision to include it, and it sets out the terms on > which we distribute it as I see it: >=20 > "Suppose we were distributing a non-free product that was arguably a > MySQL =93derivative work=94 under the terms of the GPL. We could negoti= ate > terms with MySQL. For a commercial product, that would probably mean > paying them money, but that=92s beside the point. Under our agreement w= ith > MySQL, we can distribute our product on our agreed terms, without > reference to the GPL. No problem. >=20 > But that=92s exactly what the FOSS Exception gives us. Explicit permiss= ion > to distribute our product under the ASL. We didn=92t pay for it, but we= > got it anyway. End of problem." but does this also cover distributign binaries which link against libmysql.[so|dll|nlm] ? And while on this topic: how about PgSQL? G=FCn.