Re: About GPL and proprietary software

On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 21:06, Christopher Browne wrote:
> ron.l.johnson@cox.net (Ron Johnson) wrote:
> > That "_by whatever means_" seems to include "network link", and that
> > doesn't sound right.
>
> Ah, but in order to use it over the network link you need to be
> running their server software, on the one side, and their client
> access software, on the other.  Both sides are linked to GPL-licensed
> software.
>
> Your client software has to link in software belonging to MySQL AB,
> and that's where they are now "biting" people on this.
>
> This is one of the reasons why the PHP people removed bundled MySQL
> support in version 5 back in June.

Yes, in the specific case of MySQL, but it could also mean IE con-
necting to a GPL web server, or OE speaking to a pop server.

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