Re: MySQL non-free?
Volker Schlecht <vschlecht@gmx.net> writes:
> could anyone enlighten me about the current status of mysql-client and
> mysql-server in woody (both 3.23.36-2)? When I apt-got them, I got
> them from main, the license is the GPL and it's even listed as a GNU
> package on gnu.org but vrms claims both were non-free?
... which is correct, sort of. They both *were* non-free, before
MySQL was GPLed. See <URL:http://www.mysql.com/news/article-23.html>.
Given that MySQL is now free software, maybe this should be considered
a bug in vrms.
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Leonard Stiles <ljs@uk2.net>
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