Re: Bug#242449: fixed? not quite yet
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Christian Hammers wrote:
> On 2004-08-10 Dave O wrote:
> > This isn't quite ready to be considered "fixed" since the new version > of the license exception will apply to future releases of MySQL > including 4.0.21. However, if 4.0.21 is not out by the freeze, this
> > is still a DFSG concern for sarge. If only for the purpose of raising
> > awareness of this, this bug should probably remain open as a policy
> > violation...
>
> As far as I understood Zak Greant (MySQL)'s intention and the text of the online doku, there is no point in which states that the currently displayed license at http://www.mysql.com/ does not apply to the currently downloadable versions, which includes 4.0.20.
> A counterexample is that they do make a note that for the 3.23 server version which is to be used under a different license.
>From his email:
"The exception will apply to future MySQL versions 4.0.21, 4.1.4 and
5.0.2."
Is this not the way it ended up?
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