Re: [naviserver-devel] mysql?

[Zoran V. <zv...@ar...>]

Am 06.04.2007 um 16:16 schrieb Stephen Deasey:

>
> The MySQL driver libs are GPL. They licenced them this way (they used
> to be public domain IIRC) exactly to create the situation you suggest
> -- that people would be forced to buy a licence if they didn't want to
> GPL their linked program.
>
> I only remember this because there was a lot of loud complaining at
> the time, and PHP stopped shipping the MySQL driver.
>
> What I wasn't aware of was that they've introduced a special
> exception. I guess this is how they resolved the issue:
>
>     http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/foss-exception.html
>
> So, looks like the driver can be dual Mozilla/GPL like the rest of the
> code (assuming Dossy agrees).

I still not get it.

A well-known vendor of a Mac/Unix networking package in USA
uses mysql (and delivers it) within their own product.
Their product isn't open sourced. Not a single line.

Are they violating GPL?