Re: MySQL non-free?
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 05:30:17PM +0200, Leonard Stiles wrote:
> 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.
Actually, it's a bug in dpkg (reported many times). It doesn't always
change Section: fields in /var/lib/dpkg/status when appropriate.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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