MySQL and PHP now OK together?

[Chris Adams]

Once upon a time, Alan Cox <alan at redhat.com> said:
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 03:48:40PM -0700, Tyler larson wrote:
> > MySQL4 is GPL. Am I mistaken? We originally didn't include MySQL 4
> > because of license incompatibilities between MySQL and PHP, not PHP and
> > Apache, or even MySQL and Apache.
> 
> MySQL4 client libraries are not compatible with the Apache license. Thats
> a fundamental problem in itself. Mysq4l mod_sql appears to be violating
> licenses.

How close have other libraries been checked?  There are numerous
installed libraries that are GPL (or at least marked GPL in the spec
file).  For example, the db4, pcre, and gdbm libraries all list "GPL" as
the license, yet Apache is linked against them.  I though that db4 was a
under a BSDish license, not the GPL.  The pcre license seems to be
BSDish with some semi-advertising clause, although the LICENSE file (and
all documentation actually) is omitted from the RPMs; I only found it in
the source.  The gdbm library does appear to be under the GPL however.

What makes MySQL different than these?  If the MySQL client library
being under the GPL is a problem for Apache (for example), then so is
the gdbm library (and potentially others) that are currently being
linked with Apache.

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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.