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Posted by Erwin Moller on 09/29/05 11:11
Stephen Gordon wrote:
> Erwin Moller wrote:
>>
>> Free as in 'Freedom', not as in 'free beer'.
>> (c) Richard Stallman
>>
>> Yes, it is true that mySQL can be downloaded and used for 0 dollars.
>> That is the 'free beer' part.
>> But the licences of mySQL, to which you agreed by using it, are not GPL.
>>
>> If this doesn't make any sense to you, please read on here:
>> www.gnu.org
>> or
>> www.fsf.org (Free Software Foundation)
>>
>>
>> That is why I said: 'more free'. Postgresql is completely free to use,
>> modify, even sell it if you manage. MySQL has a less free licence.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Erwin Moller
>
> Erm no. Mysql licensing is more restrictive than Postgresql but your
> reasoning is completely off.
>
> The reason MySQLs' is more restrictive is that to use the software for
> free you are licensed it AS GPL (not LGPL) which means you have to
> release source if you redistribute bundled with MySQL etc. In this case
> GPL is more restrictive than the Postgre license which essentially says
> you can do whatever the hell you like with it regardless of whether you
> release source code or not.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Steve
Oops,
You are completely right Steve.
I stand corrected!
Regards,
Erwin Moller
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