MySQL Version 4

[Leonard den Ottolander]

Hi WipeOut, all,

> http://www.mysql.com/products/foss-exception.html

Interesting read:

"2. You distribute all identifiable sections of the Derivative Work
which are not derived from the Program"

Could somebody explain to me what a derivative work which is not derived
from the program means? This seems to suggest that MySQL AB believes
that programs that use their database as a back end are derivative
works.

I would say that a derivative work of mysql is a modified version of
mysql, or a program that uses parts of mysql's codebase. To suggest that
a program that uses a particular database as its back end is a
derivative work of that database back end is rather ludicrous.

Leonard.

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