Re: Bug#167747: MySQL-OpenSSL linking, news by MySQL team.about licensing
On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 06:03:18PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> >> MySQL libraries currently are plain GPL, NOT LGPL as someone thought.
>
> > Unless they're trying to retroactively revoke the LGPL license, versions
> > of the libs prior to MySQL 4.0 are still available under thh LGPL.
> [...]
>
> It's not that simple.
>
> Quoting myself in http://bugs.debian.org/168554
> |Nevertheless this does not make libmysqlclient10 licensed under LGPL
> |because mysql-dfsg-3.23.53/libmysql/net.c includes mysqld_error.h, a
> |GPLed file.
> |
> |Please clarify this issue with upstream, whether this was an accident
> |and libmysqlclient10 is supposed to be LGPL or if it was intended and
> |libmysqlclient10 is indeed licensed under GPL.
> cu andreas
Also, it's surely my fault, but I cannot find any LGPL proof of
statement in libmysql sources. Could anyone provide it?
Anyway I asked for clarifications about licensing on 3/4 series.
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Francesco P. Lovergine
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