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[nycphp-talk] MySQL GPL License

Chris Shiflett shiflett at php.net
Fri Nov 10 16:00:20 EST 2006


Brian Dailey wrote:
> "If you build an intranet application and deploy it inside your 
> organisation, your users can request the source code and legally
> you have to give it to them. It’s not likely that they will know
> that you’re running the GPL version of MySQL so that they have
> the right to request it but legally you have to provide the
> source code upon request."

Sounds like misinformation being spread by someone with a blog on
"helping PHP developers migrate from MySQL to Oracle."

http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLRequireSourcePostedPublic

Chris

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