general information: Fedora and MySQL

[William Hooper]

Scot L. Harris said:
[snip]
> That was the way I had understood it.  But I seem to remember (and that
> is dangerous with a bad memory :) ) that the mysql web site at one time had
> verbage saying they wanted a license fee if you used mysql in a commercial
> environment within an organization with no intent to sell or distribute
> the application/software using mysql outside of the organization.
>
> May have misinterpreted that clause but was pretty sure that was what
> they were trying to say.
[snip]

The MySQL web site can say anything it wants, but the GPL says that using it internally isn't distribution.  I believe MySQL would have a hard time convincing a Judge otherwise.

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William Hooper