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

[Lee Hanxue <hanxue@xxxxxxxxx>]

> a comment in the above blog was inaccurate as it referred to the
> hypothetical case of the google appliance using mysql.
> 
> in that case, if it were to happen, though the box, binaries and all
> parts of it are google property, google has to grant a license to the user
> to _use_ the binaries. in that regard, if that _license_ is not an OSS
> license, google needs to pony up mysql license fees for each copy of the
> mysql server in all the appliance boxes.
> 
I just want some clarification on the GPL license issue. I thought the GPL license dictates that you must distribute the source when you distribute the binary. So that means if Google does not distribute MySQL as part of their product/services, they still can keep the changes to themselves. Or am I wrong?


Hanxue


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