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| DATE | 2010-01-03 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [mrbrklyn@panix.com: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] MySQL issues]
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On Sun, Jan 03, 2010 at 04:59:40PM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
> It appears Monty is now in Microsoft's pocket and promoting
> Microsoft-style misinformation. However, on one point
> he might be right:
>
> Lastly, I'm not in agreement of his interpretation of the GPL, although
> I'm double checking with Richard. Who says you can't build proprietary
> apps on top of Free Software without extra legal clauses?
>
> If you receive someone else's GPL-covered code and include it in a
> larger program, the entire larger program has to be free software.
>
> I don't know what Monty actually said, so I don't know if what he said
> is right or wrong, but I've told you the facts about this point.
Forget about using a GPL'ed code base and expanding it to include in a
larger program. The MYSQL database engine is a stand alone program. If
I write a program that uses MYSQL, through the MYSQL API, such as Perl's
DBI/DBD, or a C interface, I can't release my own program under another
license? Because he is saying that you can only run a non-free program
on Linux because of an exception made in the licensing which alters the
GPL, and that has never been my understand. Without a specific
alteration in the GNU/Linux OS then I wouldn't be able to legally run a flash
player on it? Or if I wrote program in C and use the GCC compiler the
program most be licensed under the GPL as well? Because that is what he
is saying, as I read his writing.
Ruben
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