Any license news?

Hello all,

I found this old thread: http://lists.mysql.com/perl/2651
and I thought that by DBD::mysql 4.00 the dual-license scheme would have
been replaced by the single GPL to comply with MySQL client libraries.
Why is DBD::mysql still distributed under Perl license, given that is
definitely "derivative work" of a GPL library?

Cheers,

- alessandro ranellucci.

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Re: Any license news?

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Re: Any license news?

On 5-01-2007 at 15:16, Jay Savage wrote:

>the current DBD::MySQL code is certainly not a derrivative work,
>legally or otherwise, of libmysql or any other GPL'd work.

Just to clarify things, I'm not interested in GPL advocacy nor I want to
discuss here my personal point of view about the definition of
derivative work. I posted my question because in that thread Rudy Lippan
stated that "if the distributor uses 4.x", then DBD::mysql must be
distributed under the GPL. Given also that MySQL AB explicitely switched
from LGPL to GPL (and I assume this has a particular meaning), and that
they grant an explicit permission to PHP, I feel encouraged to think
that it's not just a matter of crazy GPL fanatics.

Cheers,

- alessandro.

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Re: Any license news?

On 5-01-2007 at 17:31, Jim Winstead wrote:

>The Artistic License is another of the licenses listed in the MySQL
>FLOSS License Exception:
>http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/foss-exception .html

Jim, thanks. Although I knew about the FLOSS exception, I didn't "link"
it to the DBD::mysql licensing matter.

- alessandro.

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