Re: About GPL and proprietary software
От | Robert Treat |
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Тема | Re: About GPL and proprietary software |
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Msg-id | 1064405729.25694.2003.camel@camel обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: About GPL and proprietary software (Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org>) |
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Re: About GPL and proprietary software
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Список | pgsql-general |
On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 17:49, Christopher Browne wrote: > Oops! scott.marlowe@ihs.com ("scott.marlowe") was seen spray-painting on a wall: > > On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Marten G Mickos wrote: > >> Scott et co., > >> > >> Thanks for your comment. Here is my response. > >> > >> First of all, let's remember that neither I nor MySQL AB (nor any of > >> us) is an official authority for interpreting the GPL. Legally, > >> affirmative answers can only be given by a competent court. The FSF > >> is a natural authority on the GPL and whenever we are in doubt, we > >> turn to them for advice. But not being the authority on the topic > >> does not reduce our eagerness to discuss this topic! > >> > >> Robert Treat already pointed out two main points: > >> - the GPL kicks in when you DISTRIBUTE > >> - the only ones truly suffering from MySQL's licensing policy are the > >> ones who try to exploit open source for their own benefit without > >> giving anything back to the community > > > > This is generally true, but it also created an issue where PHP, an open > > source project, can no longer distribute PHP with mysql connect libraries > > freely due to what I like to think of as an "impedence mismatch" of their > > licenses. I.e. more free licenses like BSD or PHP are not always > > compatible. > > It would be most interesting if the makers of other GPLed software > such as Linux were to apply the same rule themselves. > > That way, for MySQL to be distributed with Linux, MySQL AB might be > required to pay $450/box to Linus for licenses. Wouldn't _that_ be > ironic? except that (gnu)linux is gpl'd, so they both fall under the non-commercial license. but if m$ decided to make mysql an integral part of their OS they would have to pay up. Robert Treat -- Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
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