Yes - this is indeed the case, and it is specifically the license for MySQL - you sell a product with MySQL in it, you have to pay for it. Oracle won't get you get away without it :-)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/9/1 Sean Cross <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Sean.Cross@catalystrisk.co.nz">Sean.Cross@catalystrisk.co.nz</a>></span><br>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Because you need to release your source code under the gpl, or
buy a commercial license.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">You can use MySql for web apps as they are not “distributed”
and thus don’t need to be released under the gpl. I think, IANAL
and I avoid the gpl like the plague.</span></p>
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