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I've never seen the GPL extended to sites/services using a GPL'd service. I find it hard to believe an mysql community server in a web application stack would

I've never seen the GPL extended to sites/services using a GPL'd service. I find it hard to believe an mysql community server in a web application stack would be threatened by Oracle's changes.

protomyth 16y ago
Web applications are safe (no distribution), but shipped solutions (server, desktop) require a different license unless you release source to your app in a GPL compatible way. The drivers being GPL are the big hit plus all the work to say the protocol is also GPL (not sure on how that works). I think the whole Oracle situation should be a lesson in how the GPL/Commercial license scheme plays out in a "hostile"(1) take over. I am really not sure how this needs to be managed or what assurances a company should ask for. 1) hostile to the software, not at the company level - think competing product