MySql licensing for web site developement : unclear and confusing!

[m.cantaloupe]

I'm starting to get frustrated with the mysql licensing model.

I was pushed into moving some of my companie's databases to it under
the impression that it was 'free' as in free beer and free speech, as
long as I didn't embed their engine into some application of mine.

So great I though, I don't want to 'embed' anything anywhere, I don't
even care about looking or modifying their source code, I just want to
get rid of those pesky MsSql machines, that only server web pages all
day long.

But now I'm reading http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing/

And it sounds an awful lot like, if you ever decide to run a website
of mysql and say, php, you sure need a license!!! So technically I
must be breaking the law now, and in those days of BSA inspections I
can't afford it.

So what is it? The resident geeks are now all confused over here.
Help!

Michel

[Al Kolff]

"m.cantaloupe" <m.**********@mailinator.com> wrote in message
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I'm starting to get frustrated with the mysql licensing model.

I was pushed into moving some of my companie's databases to it under
the impression that it was 'free' as in free beer and free speech, as
long as I didn't embed their engine into some application of mine.

So great I though, I don't want to 'embed' anything anywhere, I don't
even care about looking or modifying their source code, I just want to
get rid of those pesky MsSql machines, that only server web pages all
day long.

But now I'm reading http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing/

And it sounds an awful lot like, if you ever decide to run a website
of mysql and say, php, you sure need a license!!! So technically I
must be breaking the law now, and in those days of BSA inspections I
can't afford it.

So what is it? The resident geeks are now all confused over here.
Help!

Michel

I have and am using MySQL for a database.Unless I really missed the point,
the only time you would need a commercial license is if you are going to
redistribute the software without releasing the code.

This is from the FAQ at
http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl-faq....anIDemandACopy
If I know someone has a copy of a GPL-covered program, can I demand he give
me a copy?
No. The GPL gives him permission to make and redistribute copies of the
program if he chooses to do so. He also has the right not to redistribute
the program, if that is what he chooses.

HTH
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