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[Scot L. Harris]

On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 10:29, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 11:37:32 -0400,
>   "Scot L. Harris" <webid at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> > 
> > One thing you need to check on when choosing between mysql and postresql
> > is the licensing.  postgresql is freely usable.  mysql had changed their
> > licensing a while back such that any commercial use of it required a
> > license fee.  Not sure if that is still the case but it was earlier this
> > year.
> 
> That is what they want you to think. MYSQL is GPL, including the libraries.
> Becuase of threats made by the company that holds the copyrights on MYSQL,
> you hould be more worried about getting sued in borderline cases. It may
> cost you some money to establish what your rights really are with regard
> to using GPL libraries.

Which is why I choose to go with Postgresql.  No fuzzy license issues
with that.

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Scot L. Harris
webid at cfl.rr.com

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