[Fedora-legal-list] mysql-python

[Karl Goetz]

On Thu, 14 Mar 2013, 05:39:24 LHST, Ken Dreyer <ktdreyer at ktdreyer.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Tomas Radej <tradej at redhat.com> wrote:
> > If I am not mistaken (which I easily may be, so anyone is free to tear
> > this mail to shreds), the FSF's stance is that yes, this consitutes a
> > derivative work and henceforth, you are required to use GPLv2 or later
> > as well.

> At work my organization is trying to release as open-source a Django
> web app that uses MySQL, so I am trying to understand what the license
> must be.

Remember the fsf has an address you can ask general (eg not fedora specific ) questions at.
http://www.fsf.org/licensing/education

> Here's an email from the MySQLdb author that states the GPL would not
> extend to cover the web application itself [2]

> [2]
> http://sourceforge.net/p/mysql-python/discussion/70460/thread/9ae42ab5/

thanks,
kk