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It isn't a GPL violation because the game is just interfacing with a master MySQL database, not using one to store local content.
by drewblaisdell 15y ago
It isn't a GPL violation because the game is just interfacing with a master MySQL database, not using one to store local content.
- the_mitsuhiko 15y agolibmysql is GPL licensed as well.
- JS_startup 15y agoMySQL's own licensing page states that a license is needed for software that has MySQL distributed as a part of it. Even if they DID need a license you are out of line to suggest they are automatically infringing and didn't just purchase the commercial license.
- the_mitsuhiko 15y ago> Even if they DID need a license you are out of line to suggest they are automatically infringing and didn't just purchase the commercial license. Well. You do need a license. No question about that. I did not say they are infringing the license, I was saying that unless they bought a commercial license for it they would be. Maybe bad wording on my part but when I read that article the security implications did not nearly strike me as much as the fact that the game has to ship libmysql. I find that much more surprising than the fact that it uses a world writable MySQL database for the editor support.