Re: [ossig] CA open-sources Ingres database - News & Technology - CNETAsia

[Kenneth Wong <ken@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 26 May 2004 16:06, SianLun Lau wrote:
> so all the while when people from those webhosting companies offer
> mysql, they should pay for the license?

Nope. You can use GPL software for commercial use. Read up on the 
specifics of the GPL. 

Webhosting services do not have to use a proprietary license to offer 
mysql for hosting, just as they do not need to pay for a license for 
any other GPL software they use, such as Linux, GCC or any others.

When people license MySQL under a proprietary license, it is because 
they are tightly integrating it into one of their products in such a 
way that would force their entire product to be GPL if they used the 
GPL version of MySQL. For instance, if your ERP product tightly linked 
into the MySQL libraries for database functions, then you'd probably 
want the proprietary MySQL, rather than the GPL version.

-- 
Kenneth Wong
IOSN Programme Consultant, UNDP-APDIP, Malaysia
DID: +603 2091 5169 Fax: +603 2093 9740
International Open Source Network: http://www.iosn.net
UNDP Asia Pacific Development Information Programme: 
http://www.apdip.net


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