[nycphp-talk] MySQL GPL License
Ajai Khattri
ajai at bitblit.net
Fri Nov 10 15:56:19 EST 2006
On Fri, 10 Nov 2006, Brian Dailey wrote:
> First, the quote:
>
> "If you build an intranet application and deploy it inside your
> organisation, your users can request the source code and legally you
> have to give it to them. Its not likely that they will know that youre
> running the GPL version of MySQL so that they have the right to request
> it but legally you have to provide the source code upon request."
>
> From http://www.lamp2lapo.com/
>
> Does this apply to ALL web-based applications (e.g., ones written in
> PHP)? If I write a website in PHP that uses MySQL without a commercial
> license, do I have to share the code?
Only if your application code is open source - the quote talks about
having to provide *MySQL* source.
The rest sounds like anti-MySQL FUD...
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Aj. (ajai at bitblit.net)
Systems Administrator / Developer
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