[DUG] SQL 2005 express

[Todd Martin]

>From what I understand, if you want to bundle MySQL with your product, you 
have to license it, unless your product is GPL'd. Otherwise your customer 
has to download and install MySQL separately.

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From: "Berend de Boer" <berend at pobox.com>
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Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [DUG] SQL 2005 express


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>>>>>> "Sean" == Sean Cross <Sean.Cross at catalystrisk.co.nz> writes:
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>    Sean> I'm not Berend but here is my 2.5c anyway.  MySql is not
>    Sean> free except in very limited situations.  If you are using it
>    Sean> for a desktop app, you will need to purchase a license
>    Sean> unless the app is gpl'ed.
>
> You are sure that this is the correct interpretation? If your
> application talks to MySQL using the mysql binary for example (not the
> libraries), would that make your app gpl? I don't think so.
>
> I think that is allowed, every time you use ls on linux it doesn't mean
> your app becomes gpl.
>
> But you might need to publish your data base schema.
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