[plug] Database advice - Newbie

[Craig Ringer]

>>MySQL is GPL, so if you're distributing the application you create
>>you'll need to make the code available under the GPL.
> 
> Uhm, can someone more qualified than I please comment on this, because
> to me this sounds like rubbish.
> 
> If I'm reading what you write correctly, you're saying that if I write a
> piece of software that I sell, that uses MySQL (or any other engine) as
> a database, I need to make my software available under the GPL?

Whoops, you're entirely right. I worded that apallingly. Maybe someone 
whose brain is working would like to clarify?

Craig