commercial application development
John Cowan
cowan at mercury.ccil.org
Thu Jun 5 03:43:53 UTC 2003
Sujita Purushothaman scripsit:
> If you use MySQL to develop a closed-source application you have to buy
> the commercial license. If you use the GPLed MySQL then you have to
> release your application under the GPL.
Not quite, on either count. If you use MySQL to develop a closed-source
application *that you distribute to people in binary form*, then you
have to buy the commercial licnese. Similarly, if you use the GPLed
version, and you *release your application in binary form*, then you
have to provide source to the people who got the binary.
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