Fri, 12 Mar 2004 10:51 UTC
Many will be pleased to know that MySQL is drafting an exception to allow their GPL-licensed client libraries to be included in other FOSS applications.
Zak Greant relates the development of this exception in terms as a mother giving birth to her child. In fact, this child is a “savior” of sorts for those building an application under a FOSS license other than the GPL and wishing to include the MySQL Client libraries. It means that there is no longer a need to use the GPL on the overall application (as was the rule previous to this exception).
This is somewhat the reverse of a situation I spoke of earlier where you may include a GPL exception to include non-GPL libraries in an application. In this case, you would be including GPL libraries in a non-GPL application.
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Thu, 26 Feb 2004 14:09 UTC
Rich Bowen mentioned this little “feud” in a short post on his Web site. According to the GNU web site, the Apache Software License version 2.0 (ASL 2.0) is listed as being incompatible with the GPL. Apache claims they have no clue where this comes from, and they stand by their belief that the ASL 2.0 is, in fact, compatible with the GPL. Apparently, it is believed that Slashdot may be fueling this “inaccurate” perception.
If the ASL 2.0 is compatible with the GPL, then there would be no need to include the aforementioned exception when including ASL 2.0 code in your GPL’ed applications.
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Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:43 UTC
I’m working on a personal project that I will eventually release under the GNU General Public License (GPL) in order to benefit the community. I would tell you the details of the project, but, since it’s another content management system programmed with PHP, you’d probably ask why we need another one like you need a hole in your head. So, let me humor myself and build it.
In this new project, I’m using the GPL, but I also want to use some of the PEAR packages, which are licensed under the PHP license. Therein lies the problem.
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