Re: I want to use postresql for this app, but...
От | Chris Travers |
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Тема | Re: I want to use postresql for this app, but... |
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Msg-id | 1076582227.3050.6.camel@localhost.localdomain обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: I want to use postresql for this app, but... ("scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com>) |
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Re: I want to use postresql for this app, but...
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On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 03:06, scott.marlowe wrote: > > simple. They GPL'd their connection libs. So, if you write code that has > their connection libs in it, it's gotta be GPL'd. > > Now, if you don't mind using the ODBC connector, you're scott free. but > you WILL be bound by the GPL, and the GPL (not MySQL's interpretation, > just the GPL in general) being applied to connect libs seriously limits > your ability to distribute code, since you'd have to GPL your own code if > you distributed it outside your own private organization. > I am not sure I agree. There are plenty of ways of circumventing this issue with the connecting libraries. For example, if I really wanted to (and it would be quite feasible for me to do so) I could write a SOAP server, CORBA component, or just a simple UNIX socket server which I could use to communicate with a GPL'd program. This new "server" would connect using client libraries licensed under the LGPL and released to the world. I don't think MySQL would be happy, but I don't really think that they could do much. I might even call it OurSQL to piss them off ;-). Of course, I don't do this because I prefer PostgreSQL anyway. Best Wishes, Chris Travers
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