Re: About GPL and proprietary software - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Kaarel
Subject Re: About GPL and proprietary software
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Msg-id 3F5CCAD0.3000208@future.ee
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In response to Re: About GPL and proprietary software  (Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org>)
Responses Re: About GPL and proprietary software  (Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>)
Re: About GPL and proprietary software  (Jonathan Bartlett <johnnyb@eskimo.com>)
Re: About GPL and proprietary software  (Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>)
Re: About GPL and proprietary software  (Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>)
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<blockquote cite="midm3ekz1gt4a.fsf@chvatal.cbbrowne.com" type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap="">That "_by
whatevermeans_" seems to include "network link", and that
 
doesn't sound right.   </pre></blockquote><pre wrap="">
Ah, but in order to use it over the network link you need to be
running their server software, on the one side, and their client
access software, on the other.  Both sides are linked to GPL-licensed
software.

Your client software has to link in software belonging to MySQL AB,
and that's where they are now "biting" people on this.

This is one of the reasons why the PHP people removed bundled MySQL
support in version 5 back in June.</pre></blockquote><br /> Would a perl application using DBI have a similar problem?
Orhow would one then legally use PHP with MySQL without GPL-ing your product and without buying MySQL commercial
license?<br/><br /> Kaarel<br /> 

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