mysql licencing!

[jak]

von: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Us...under_GPL.html

Common uses of the GPL include:

* When you distribute both your own application and the MySQL source code under the GPL with your product.
* When you distribute the MySQL source code bundled with other programs that are not linked to or dependent on the MySQL system for their functionality even if you sell the distribution commercially. This is called ``mere aggregation'' in the GPL license.
* When you are not distributing any part of the MySQL system, you can use it for free.
* When you are an Internet Service Provider (ISP), offering Web hosting with MySQL servers for your customers. We encourage people to use ISPs that have MySQL support, because doing so will give them the confidence that their ISP will, in fact, have the resources to solve any problems they may experience with the MySQL installation. Even if an ISP does not have a commercial license for MySQL Server, their customers should at least be given read access to the source of the MySQL installation so that the customers can verify that it is correctly patched.
* When you use the MySQL database software in conjunction with a Web server, you do not need a commercial license (so long as it is not a product you distribute). This is true even if you run a commercial Web server that uses MySQL Server, because you are not distributing any part of the MySQL system. However, in this case we would like you to purchase MySQL support because the MySQL software is helping your enterprise.

Für eine Homepage ist es völlig egal.
Wichtig ist es, wenn du
.) Ein Programmierer bist und MySql verwendest. Dann müsstest du nach meinem Verständniss den Source mit dem Programm ausliefern. Du kannst das Programm trotzdem verkaufen, die GPL erlaubt das Verkaufen, du must nur den Sourcecode mitliefern
von: http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl-faq....eGPLAllowMoney

Does the GPL allow me to sell copies of the program for money?
Yes, the GPL allows everyone to do this. The right to sell copies is part of the definition of free software. Except in one special situation, there is no limit on what price you can charge. (The one exception is the required written offer to provide source code that must accompany binary-only release.)

.) Wenn du eine HP baust, und die verkaufst, musst du dem Kunden (wieder IMHO) den Sourcecode mitliefern (kann man im weitesten Sinn als Software die ohne MySql nicht läuft interpretieren).
Da das ganze aber vermutlich PHP wird, kannst du's eh nicht kompiliert ausliefern.
Also kein Grund zur Panik.
An sich war die frühere Lizenz restriktiver.

jak