Re: Connecting db through odbc bridge in tomcat 5.5

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Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:38:21 -0500

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TwelveEighty wrote:

On Dec 23, 1:58 pm, Arne VajhHj <a...@vajhoej.dk> wrote:

So:
1) if your solution is GPL or other source => no problem
2) if your solution is only used inhouse (not distribued) => no problem
3) in other cases you may have a problem

I have given some opinions of mine above.

But if your business depend on the answer them you should not
take my word for it but consult an IP lawyer.

You can start reading here:
   http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/opensource-license.html
   http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/foss-exception.html
   http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/commercial-license.html

Thanks. Interestingly enough - wouldn't any commercial (closed source)
software application that uses GPL software suffer from the same
problem in your case 3?

Yes. The MySQL license is a standard GPL license just with the
FLOSS exception added (to help PHP which is a huge MySQL user
but have a non-GPL but still open source license).

Or are there specifics in the FLOSS exception
that makes life difficult here?

It is just a generalized "lex PHP".

Arne