[Leaplist] GPL good or bad?

[Phil Barnett]

On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 22:44 -0500, Jim Hartley wrote:
> A little while ago I decided I needed to do something with a data base 
> (SQL). I looked at various choices, and MySQL was certainly a viable 
> candidate to do the job. Then I looked at all the horse-hockey MySQL 
> licensing ...
> 
> I write stories and sell them to various pubs and e-pubs, and the 
> database is to keep track of which stories I've sent where. I'm really 
> trying to develop this into a paying business, filing a Schedule C with 
> my taxes. Hmmm, that makes this a commercial venture ... what was that 
> MySQL said about license fees for commercial use? Of course I doubt 
> they'd ever find out if I just installed a GPL copy, but still ...
> 
> So I used PostGreSQL, which has a nice simple FREE license for everyone. 
> Problem solved!

If it's GPL, any "for profit" can use it to store data. I don't see
where the problem is. It only takes one license to give you permission
and the rest of them don't apply.


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