Re: People who develop with MySQL and/or other GPL based code
Re: People who develop with MySQL and/or other GPL based code
- Subject: Re: People who develop with MySQL and/or other GPL based code
- From: Karl Kuehn <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 13:03:31 -0500
Good point, I missed that one. So there is a way of using MySQL
without tripping over the GPL. Still some interesting issues with
distribution (my reading would be that you can include MySQL/MyODBC on
the same CD with proper attributions... but I don't know about wrapping
it in an installer...).
I would still maintain that for Commercial packages PostreSQL is a
better choice.
Karl Kuehn
email@hidden
On Dec 31, 2003, at 11:58 AM, Chris Ridd wrote:
I don't think that matters. Your program links against libodbc.dylib
(the
open source iODBC stuff Apple's included since Jaguar), and therefore
doesn't link against MyODBC. As a result, your program doesn't depend
on
("isn't a derivative work" of) MyODBC, and therefore doesn't have to be
GPLed.
This also means you can't distribute MyODBC yourself. That's not
necessarily
a problem, as there are some nicely packaged distributions out there
already.
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