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: Cameron Hayne <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 11:43:16 -0500
On 1/5/04 2:40 PM, "Shawn Erickson" <email@hidden> wrote:
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Stopping the distribution of a product while you replace the
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GPL-covered code is really what scares folks. Talk about huge risk for
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a commercial software product.
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This is what feeds folks fears about the GPL.
It's been said many times before but I think needs to be said again:
This is no different than what would happen if you accidentally included
proprietary source code (e.g. from Microsoft) in your commercial product.
You would have to stop distribution of your product while you rectified the
problem. The only difference is that it is *somewhat* easier to get access
to GPL'd source code than it is to get access to Microsoft source code, and
hence "accidental" inclusion might be more likely.
--
Cameron Hayne (email@hidden)
Hayne of Tintagel
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