Re: [Mysql-cocoa-users] GPL and Mysql-cocoa

[Steve S. <sst...@ma...>]

>> I called MySQL Headquarters in the U.S. and their pricing structure
>> is done on a per server basis. So, as far as I can tell, Serge does
>> not need to pay any fees to MySQL because he is not actually using
>> the framework on a specific implementation. However anyone using the
>> framework needs to pay MySQL approx. 425 GBP per server to use the
>> framework, on-top of whatever serge is charging.

That doesn't make a huge amount of sense as the one responsible for  
licensing is the one running MySQL on the server; i.e. the server's  
owner.

If you write a tool that can be used against multiple servers, and  
you have to pay a license fee per server, in addition to the one paid  
by the server's owner, that would be double-dipping by MySQL and that  
doesn't make any sense.

S