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

[Dinesh Nair <dinesh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 26 May 2004, Kenneth Wong wrote:

> 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.

it's got nothing to do with linking with mysql libraries. if your app is
under an OSS license, then you can use the GPL version of mysql.
otherwise, pony up for a mysql license fee.

see http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing/

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