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Re: [Mysqlcppapi-main] Re: mysqlcppapi needs a new maintainer

[Jonathan W. <co...@co...>]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 02:51:45PM +0200, Sinisa Milivojevic wrote:

> On the other hand, this is truly irrelevant.
> 
> As our C API is GPL, you can label MySQL++ (or mysqlcppapi) license LGPL 
> (or put as many L as you like), still program requires our C API.

But isn't mysqlcppapi a derivative work, since it makes use of the C
API and builds another library on top of it?

jon

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Re: [Mysqlcppapi-main] Re: mysqlcppapi needs a new maintainer

[Howard C. <how...@se...>]

Regarding the licence change...

Would a simpler solution be to integrate the LGPL version of the C API into
mysql++ , or build a branch of libmysql from the LGPL version? Looking at
the code, there is not much too it. Emulating the later mysql developments
would be easy since we can see exactly what changes have been made!

We can all then use the library freely and not have to worry about MySQL AB
playing around with the licence. A sort of WINE equivalent for the MySQL
API.

Sorry to offend any GPL purists, but seemingly inoccuous changes to
licencing have a big financial knock on effect to many of us developers.

Howard Cole
www.selestial.com

Re: [Mysqlcppapi-main] Re: mysqlcppapi needs a new maintainer

[Sinisa M. <si...@be...>]

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 14:39:00 +0000
Jonathan Wakely <co...@co...> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 02:51:45PM +0200, Sinisa Milivojevic wrote:
> 
> > On the other hand, this is truly irrelevant.
> > 
> > As our C API is GPL, you can label MySQL++ (or mysqlcppapi) license
> > LGPL (or put as many L as you like), still program requires our C API.
> 
> But isn't mysqlcppapi a derivative work, since it makes use of the C
> API and builds another library on top of it?
> 
> jon
> 
> --
> "Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time."
> 	- H.L. Mencken


Yes it is.

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