[DUG] Suitable Database for XE2 Pro

[Colin Johnsun]

Hi all,

On 19 January 2012 08:37, Richard Vowles <richard at developers-inc.co.nz>wrote:

>
> I think the Postgres crowd would disagree with you there :-) Remember
> MySQL being GPL means you can't ship it with your app - unless you open
> source your app or pay for MySQL. Both Firebird and Postgres are the only
> two "main" fully open source databases.
>
>
>From my understanding, you can still ship your app as closed source so long
as it uses MySQL as a "back-end" service and not as an embedded database
and that you don't bundle your application including MySQL. This means you
need to distribute MySQL as a separate install (with its full GPL
license) from your own application.

Someone correct me if I am wrong.

Cheers,
Colin
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