MySQL and GPL was Re: [plug] Database advice - Newbie

[John Clayton]

Umm not that I have read the MySQL licencing details but I would have
thought that it would be similar to the GPL of gcc that allows non GPLed
software/applications to be created with it. Anyone got any thoughts on 
this?

*snip*
>
>Just to expand on that, MySQL is GPL, so if you're distributing the 
>application you create you'll need to make the code available under the 
>GPL. If you don't want to do this, you can buy a commercial MySQL license 
>that eliminates that need - but of course, increases the cost. Alternately, 
>maybe SAP-DB or Firebird have a non-GPL free license - I don't know off the 
>top of my head, so you'd need to look into that and if they'll run on your 
>target platform.
*snip*

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