New Apache License?

[Rui Miguel Seabra]

On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 21:26 -0600, Christofer C. Bell wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 00:17:01 +0000, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote
> > On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 14:05 -0600, Christofer C. Bell wrote:
> > > On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:54:40 -0500 (EST), Richard Welty wrote
> > > > with MySQL version 4.1 (i think 4.0 is still traditional), MySQL 
> switched
> > > > the client libraries over to the GPL from the LGPL. this means that 
> > > > any code linking against the client libraries must be GPLed if it is 
> > > > to be distributed, or else you must buy a commercial license from 
> > > > MySQL. the interpretation of "distributed" varies, MySQL AB's 
> > > > interpretation is very strict, they even want you to GPL or buy 
> > > > commercial licenses if you are only distributing within a business.
> > > 
> > > Open Source (by becoming incompatible with the GPL), MySQL has gone and 
> made 
> > > their software unfriendly to commercial developers that are loathe to buy 
> a 
> > > commercial MySQL license.
> > 
> > Both statements contain conclusions derived from absurd assumptions.
> 
> Those assumptions being?

Go read http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html

Rui

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