In response to Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Chris Browne wrote: > > DCorbit@xxxxxxxxx ("Dann Corbit") writes: > > > (Commercial use of MySQL without paying a license fee requires that > > > projects using the database are also GPL, IIRC). > > > > I know I've seen Monty say this sort of thing a lot of times, and his > > most recent rant > > (<http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2009/12/help-keep-internet-free.html>) > > underlines it with his mistaken belief. > > I've heard that if you write a non-GPL program talking to a MySQL > database in, say, PHP, does not require the program itself being GPL, > only the PHP library that connects to MySQL. It's the library that > "links" to MySQL, not your program, so your program is protected from > GPL's viral nature. Which makes sense if you read the license, but has never been upheld in a court of law, thus is still on shaky legal ground. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general