That's not the way I read it at all. But, that's a topic for another place.
John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jake Robb [mailto:jakerobb@mac.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 3:52 PM
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: Re: [OT] free Database with Transaction (Sorry for the noise)
>
>
> According to MySQL's licensing page, you only need to worry about the
> software license at all if you are distributing MySQL code.
> If you are only
> using it (for instance, to serve data to your web
> application), you do not
> have to license MySQL, even if your web application's code is not
> distributed under the GPL.
>
> http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing.html
>
> -Jake
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Tulley" <JTULLEY@novell.com>
> To: <tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 3:16 PM
> Subject: RE: [OT] free Database with Transaction (Sorry for the noise)
>
>
> > Sorry to add to the noise, but I feel the need to add: On the next
> > version of NetWare (6.5), there will be a
> commercially-licensed copy of
> > MySQL that an application can use without the restrictions
> John listed.
> > In case that helps anybody decide for or against using it.
> >
> > Jeff Tulley (jtulley@novell.com)
> > (801)861-5322
> > Novell, Inc., the leading provider of Net business solutions
> > http://www.novell.com
> >
> > >>> JTurner@AAS.com 2/18/03 12:57:34 PM >>>
> >
> > Without going into a whole argument...technically MySQL is not free
> > for
> > commercial use. If you use MySQL in a commercial setting,
> internal or
> > external, without purchasing a commercial license, you may
> do so only
> > if the
> > application that uses MySQL is also GPL
> > (http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing.html). This is
> something that
> > many
> > companies (and developers) would prefer to avoid, for
> various reasons.
> > PostgreSQL has no such requirement as it is distributed
> under the BSD
> > license.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >
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