| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Kaarel <kaarel(at)future(dot)ee>, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: About GPL and proprietary software |
| Date: | 2003-09-08 20:25:21 |
| Message-ID: | 200309082025.h88KPLC26144@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Richard Huxton wrote:
> What happens with an application built on top of MySQL+PHP I couldn't say. I'm
> guessing your PHP scripts can be distributed under any licence you like, but
> you couldn't distribute MySQL+PHP with them.
>
> Anyway, their intention is that you *can't* distribute your application
> without either GPL-ing it or buying a licence. One of the reasons why a BSD
> licence is more friendly from a business point of view, although it does mean
> companies can release proprietry extensions that they keep private.
And contribute them to the community after 1-2 years, which has happened
often.
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