| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Kaarel <kaarel(at)future(dot)ee> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: About GPL and proprietary software |
| Date: | 2003-08-31 19:29:57 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.44.0308312128360.1119-100000@peter.localdomain |
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Kaarel writes:
> I don't feel very confident when it comes to software licenses. But
> there are some cases I would like to make myself clear. What I am
> particulary interested in is when does GPL license become restrictive?
> For example say a company has a proprietary software product that only
> works with MySQL and no other database system. Are the following cases
> legal?
That depends on whether the MySQL client library is LGPL (up to version 3)
or GPL (from version 4 on). But a PostgreSQL forum is probably an
entirely inappropriate place to discuss this.
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net
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