On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 08:49:55PM +0200, Frank Gevaerts said > On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 02:15:32PM -0400, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > > Proprietary app --> <connects to> --> database which complies with > > SQL standard > > The problem is that it more likely goes > Proprietary app + database library --> <connects to> --> database > > There is no such thing as an SQL standard protocol. There is only the > language standard. All (most ?) databases use their own client-side > library, which is LGPL in the mysql case I think. This is the crux of the problem. The MySQL client libraries have been re-licensed under the GPL as of version 4. Now GPL-incompatible works, including all proprietary software systems will have to purchase a license from MySQL AB. There is a fork of the previous LGPL library, which continues to be licensed under the LGPL in the libmysqlclient10 package in sid, but it seems to only support version 3 of MySQL. -- Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org> | mlspam@ertius.org | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: USCODE David John Oates Watergate counter terrorism militia
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