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| DATE | 2015-12-22 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] MYSQL Licensing
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On 12/22/2015 03:51 AM, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Ruben Safir (mrbrklyn-at-panix.com):
>> On 12/22/2015 02:33 AM, Rick Moen wrote:
>>> Quoting Ruben Safir (ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com):
>>>
>>>> What is the mysql licensing these days?
>>>
>>> What do you find when you examine the source tarball?
>>
>> this is pulled off of the opensuse package
>> MySQL Server 5.5
>
> Is that the same as the source tarball? Looks to me as if that's here:
> https://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.7/mysql-5.7.10.tar.gz
>
> Litte-Datamaskin:~$ cd /tmp
> Litte-Datamaskin:/tmp$ wget https://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.7/mysql-5.7.10.tar.gz
> [...]
> Litte-Datamaskin:/tmp$ tar xzf mysql-5.7.10.tar.gz
> Litte-Datamaskin:/tmp$ cd mysql-5.7.10
> Litte-Datamaskin:/tmp/mysql-5.7.10$
>
> The COPYING file has a copy of GPLv2.
>
> README says MySQL Server 5.7 is GPLv2 with the additional licence
> permission that MySQL client libraries may be used to create derivative
> works with _either_ GPLv2-compatible code _or_ with code under any of 28
> open-source licences listed on
> http://www.mysql.com/about/legal/licensing/foss-exception/ .
>
>
>> Clear as mudd, right...
>
> Really? If you cannot understand dual-licening and granting of
> additional licensing permissions, this open source thing may not be for
> you.
>
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Aside from what I posted, is this part....
ruben-at-www:~> mysql -u blah -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 631801
Server version: 5.5.33-log openSUSE package
Copyright (c) 2000, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
reserved. <<=====================================================
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