commercial application development

[Sujita Purushothaman]

David Johnson wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 June 2003 08:13 pm, Sujita Purushothaman wrote:
> 
> 
>>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 so fast. The original question involved perl, so there would be no 
> linking involved. This is a matter of use, not derivation. At the very 
> most, it's a matter of runtime linkage, which even the FSF says is 
> beyond its right to regulate.

Indeed, I didn't think about the implications of using perl. :(

-Sujita


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Sujita Purushothaman				
Research Engineer, Open Source Development, MIMOS Berhad, Malaysia.
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