Comments on: PHP Conference Update: Oracle is free and easy to use! http://www.lamp2lapo.com/2006/11/07/php-conference-update-oracle-is-free-and-easy-to-use/ Helping PHP developers migrate from MySQL to Oracle Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:52:52 +0000 http://www.orablog.org/?v=0.3+ by: fifers http://www.lamp2lapo.com/2006/11/07/php-conference-update-oracle-is-free-and-easy-to-use/#comment-7 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:59:40 +0000 http://www.lamp2lapo.com/2006/11/07/php-conference-update-oracle-is-free-and-easy-to-use/#comment-7 Interesting point, Matt. Reviewing the <a href="http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/commercial-license.html" rel="nofollow">MySQL Commercial License</a> gives you a slightly different spin on that statement: "If you develop and distribute a commercial application and as part of utilizing your application, the end-user must download a copy of MySQL; for each derivative work, you (or, in some cases, your end-user) need a commercial license for the MySQL server and/or MySQL client libraries." It would appear that for developing an Intranet application you would be fine but if you purchase software such as vBulletin and run it on your server then you require a MySQL license. My interpretation of the spirit of the license can be summarised by "If you paid for the software then you need to pay for MySQL." Interesting point, Matt. Reviewing the MySQL Commercial License gives you a slightly different spin on that statement:

“If you develop and distribute a commercial application and as part of utilizing your application, the end-user must download a copy of MySQL; for each derivative work, you (or, in some cases, your end-user) need a commercial license for the MySQL server and/or MySQL client libraries.”

It would appear that for developing an Intranet application you would be fine but if you purchase software such as vBulletin and run it on your server then you require a MySQL license. My interpretation of the spirit of the license can be summarised by “If you paid for the software then you need to pay for MySQL.”

]]> by: Matt Vance http://www.lamp2lapo.com/2006/11/07/php-conference-update-oracle-is-free-and-easy-to-use/#comment-6 Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:33:06 +0000 http://www.lamp2lapo.com/2006/11/07/php-conference-update-oracle-is-free-and-easy-to-use/#comment-6 I believe your statement that "MySQL is not free to distribute or deploy with non-GPL software" is a bit misleading, if not incorrect. According to the <a href="http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/opensource-license.html" rel="nofollow">MySQL Open Source License</a>, "As long as you never distribute the MySQL Software in any way, you are free to use it for powering your application, irrespective of whether your application is under GPL license or not." I believe your statement that “MySQL is not free to distribute or deploy with non-GPL software” is a bit misleading, if not incorrect. According to the MySQL Open Source License, “As long as you never distribute the MySQL Software in any way, you are free to use it for powering your application, irrespective of whether your application is under GPL license or not.”

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