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If you want to link your proprietary software to GPL-ed MySQL, you can't. They used to sell (expensive) licenses if you wanted to do that. I know because I wan
by annnnd 13y ago
If you want to link your proprietary software to GPL-ed MySQL, you can't. They used to sell (expensive) licenses if you wanted to do that.
I know because I wanted to use it this way and was forced to use SQLite instead (which performed nicely btw).
I am not sure how MariaDB solves these issues though? Because they will have to stay on GPL forever if I understand correctly.
- justincormack 13y agoThe only thing you need to link to is the client library, as talking to the database over a socket is not linking. I believe there are non GPL client libraries now for many languages.
- yxhuvud 13y agoOne thing they have done is to create a LGPLd client library.