I'm glad I'm not a lawyer. What does distribute internally mean? I work for company X
and write an application to use a MySQL database. I take the zip file I downloaded
from MySQL and install it to another server, and now two sets of people are using the
database on different machines with the same application. Does that mean I distributed
it internally?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Zito [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> But its not that clear, though - look at this part:
>
> "As long as you never distribute (internally or externally) the MySQL
> Software in any way, you are free to use it for powering your
> application, irrespective of whether your application is under GPL or
> other OSI approved license or not.
> "
>
> So, I would interpret that as saying that if you wrote a web
> application
> or a win32 application that just connects to a centrally located mysql
> database and runs queries, no need to GPL your software. If your app
> comes with an installer that installs the app as well as mysql, its
> gotta be GPL or you have to purchase a commercial license.
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