pcg@xxxxxxxx ( Marc) (A.) (Lehmann ) writes: > According to you, this shouldn't be. Additionally, one would assume that > these are additional restrictions that are explicitly forbidden by the GPL > itself. But these restrictions are placed by the MySQL copyright holders themselves, aren't they? It's those who *copy* (download, install) and redistribute MySQL that the license applies to, and it's they who can't add any additional restrictions. Or am I confused...? --tml