MySQL client relicense (was RE: Fedora Core 2 wishlists)
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Alan Cox wrote:
> > > MySQL 4.x instead of MySQL 3.x
> >
> > Then you can't use MySQL with PHP
>
> Is there an instructive URL regarding this issue?
The license document. MySQL4 changed the client libraries
from LGPL to GPL which makes using mysql with a lot of stuff
like PHP infeasible
I am looking in the MySQL 4 tarball. Exactly what license document do you
mean? COPYING.LIB is still the LGPL.
Has anyone actually asked MySQL to clarify this, or did they make any
announcement of it?
Their web site says that their (awful) C++ wrapper of the client library is
still LGPL:
http://www.mysql.com/products/mysql++/index.html
Murray Cumming
www.murrayc.com
murrayc(a)usa.net
Once upon a time, Murray.Cumming(a)Comneon.com <Murray.Cumming(a)Comneon.com> said:
I am looking in the MySQL 4 tarball. Exactly what license document do
you
mean? COPYING.LIB is still the LGPL.
COPYING.LIB is just a copy of the LGPL (I don't know why they include it
since nothing references it AFAIK).
The web site says it is all under the GPL, right at the top of the
download page at http://www.mysql.com/downloads/index.html. The manual
from 4.0.16 says:
All the `MySQL'-specific source in the server, the `mysqlclient'
library and the client, as well as the `GNU' `readline' library is
covered by the `GNU General Public License'.
--
Chris Adams <cmadams(a)hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
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