7 Dec
2009
7 Dec
'09
1:02 p.m.
On 12/06/2009 03:16 PM, Thomas Mortagne wrote:
Hi xwikiers,
I just tough now that we are currently distribution XEM with MySQL
included in it and that we maybe don't have right to do it actually.
I'm not an expert so not sure what we should do but distribute GPL
stuff in a package declared as LGPL is forbidden AFAIK.
What exactly are we distributing?
The client library, which we probably include in our package and which
works directly inside our software, has a FOSS exception to the GPL
allowing us to bundle it in a non GPL software:
http://www.mysql.com/about/legal/licensing/oem/ -- the "For Open Source
Projects and Other Developers of Open Source Applications" section
I doubt that we bundle the server in our current distribution, but even
if we will do it in a VM image or something like that, I think we can do
it, since it's a server, and we only communicate with it via sockets or
pipes, which don't propagate the GPL license.
In conclusion, as long as we don't bundle the connector in a proprietary
(non-FLOSS) package, we're fine.
--
Sergiu Dumitriu
http://purl.org/net/sergiu/