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

[Imran William Smith <iwsmith@xxxxxxxx>]

Kenneth Wong wrote:

>
>Btw, the FAQ at: http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing/ is confusing. 
>They say at the start, "Our software is 100% GPL" and continue to say, 
>"Under the Open Source License, you must release the complete source 
>code for the application that is built on MySQL." 
>
>Which license is it? If it's GPL, why not call it GPL? If it's a 
>separate Open Source License, then it's really badly written. 
>
>  
>
I agree.  Are they saying 'standard GPL rules apply, no more, no less?'

Because saying 'you must release the complete source code...' doesn't state
when.  What about apps for internal use only - GPL says "whoever has the
binary must be able to get the source if they want" (any disagreement 
with this?)
Release could be read as 'release to the public, even if your software is
for internal use', so I think their statement is confusing.  Maybe 
deliberately so.

Imran



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Imran William Smith,
Open Source R&D, MIMOS Berhad, Malaysia




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