On 26/01/2005 3:43 p.m., Paul wrote:
I'm not sure about that if your linking to the client libraries since the 4.0 ones are now GPL instead of LGPL. If it's an in-house created software then yeah it probably does not really matter. If on the other hand if it's a non-GPL licensed app you are distributing that is linked against the MySQL client libraries then you have an issue such as with PHP.
That's no longer true... as I understand it the FLOSS Exception in the MySQL license mitigates this, as long as your software is released under one of the specified open source licenses. http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/foss-exception.html
In any case PHP is not GPL but its own PHP License, and MySQL has a specific exception in their license for PHP. Which is why Fedora are now including MySQL 4.1 and PHP 5 in FC3.
-Simon