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DATE | 2010-01-03 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Re: [mrbrklyn@panix.com: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] MySQL issues]
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From owner-hangout-outgoing-at-mrbrklyn.com Sun Jan 3 20:07:51 2010 Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Received: by www2.mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) id 370CD56EB4; Sun, 3 Jan 2010 20:07:51 -0500 (EST) Delivered-To: hangout-outgoing-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com Received: by www2.mrbrklyn.com (Postfix, from userid 28) id 27F0B56EFD; Sun, 3 Jan 2010 20:07:51 -0500 (EST) Delivered-To: hangout-at-nylxs.com Received: from mail2.panix.com (mail2.panix.com [166.84.1.73]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D059356EB4 for ; Sun, 3 Jan 2010 20:07:50 -0500 (EST) Received: from panix1.panix.com (panix1.panix.com [166.84.1.1]) by mail2.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AFB238E4F; Sun, 3 Jan 2010 20:05:34 -0500 (EST) Received: by panix1.panix.com (Postfix, from userid 20529) id 5A77A14B98; Sun, 3 Jan 2010 20:05:34 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 20:05:34 -0500 From: Ruben Safir To: Richard Stallman Cc: hangout-at-nylxs.com Subject: Re: [mrbrklyn-at-panix.com: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] MySQL issues] Message-ID: <20100104010534.GB13060-at-panix.com> References: <20100101214944.GA18755-at-panix.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: owner-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com
On Sun, Jan 03, 2010 at 04:59:40PM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote: > It appears Monty is now in Microsoft's pocket and promoting > Microsoft-style misinformation. However, on one point > he might be right: > > Lastly, I'm not in agreement of his interpretation of the GPL, although > I'm double checking with Richard. Who says you can't build proprietary > apps on top of Free Software without extra legal clauses? > > If you receive someone else's GPL-covered code and include it in a > larger program, the entire larger program has to be free software. > > I don't know what Monty actually said, so I don't know if what he said > is right or wrong, but I've told you the facts about this point.
Forget about using a GPL'ed code base and expanding it to include in a larger program. The MYSQL database engine is a stand alone program. If I write a program that uses MYSQL, through the MYSQL API, such as Perl's DBI/DBD, or a C interface, I can't release my own program under another license? Because he is saying that you can only run a non-free program on Linux because of an exception made in the licensing which alters the GPL, and that has never been my understand. Without a specific alteration in the GNU/Linux OS then I wouldn't be able to legally run a flash player on it? Or if I wrote program in C and use the GCC compiler the program most be licensed under the GPL as well? Because that is what he is saying, as I read his writing.
Ruben
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