I am hoping that you can clarify this post. You seem to be saying that someone someone wishing to redistribute MySQLdb may simply replace the GPL license with the original license. I don't have much experience with open source licensing issues, but it seems surprising to me that such a replacement would be consistent with the GPL itself.
In any event, what precisely would need to be changed in the redistibuted version? Obviously the text of the GPL would need to be removed, and the license tag in setup.py would need to be changed. Is there anything else?
Sorry to be so persnickety, but the extremely strong terms of the GPL license present a pretty big impediment to redistributing software that uses MySQLdb. A license like the LGPL would (imho) be much more suitable for redistribution and would protect the openness of MySQLdb just as much.
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thanks for the great software
just clarifying the licence -- i can't seem to find any detail on this other than it is GPL/Python.
i'm writing an app that can use mysqldb, so:
- do i have to share my source?
- do i need to share your source?
thanks,
jack
I prefer the GPL, but you are free to use the original Python/CNRI/BSD-ish license. See _mysql.c for the text.
http://mysql-python.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mysql-python/branches/MySQLdb-1.2/MySQLdb/_mysql.c?revision=457&view=markup
Andy,
I am hoping that you can clarify this post. You seem to be saying that someone someone wishing to redistribute MySQLdb may simply replace the GPL license with the original license. I don't have much experience with open source licensing issues, but it seems surprising to me that such a replacement would be consistent with the GPL itself.
In any event, what precisely would need to be changed in the redistibuted version? Obviously the text of the GPL would need to be removed, and the license tag in setup.py would need to be changed. Is there anything else?
Sorry to be so persnickety, but the extremely strong terms of the GPL license present a pretty big impediment to redistributing software that uses MySQLdb. A license like the LGPL would (imho) be much more suitable for redistribution and would protect the openness of MySQLdb just as much.
Thanks for that option...
A bit OT:
- can anyone change the licence software is released under?
- what was the purpose of adding the GPL to MySQLdb?