Re: non-GPL MySQL licenses & PHP5

rasmus@lerdorf.com (Rasmus Lerdorf) wrote in news:Pine.LNX.4.56.0306302345280.19696@thinkpad.lerdorf.com: > On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Nabil wrote: >> You need to purchase commercial non-GPL MySQL licenses: >> >> a.. If you distribute MySQL Software with your non open source >> software, b.. If you want warranty from MySQL AB for the MySQL >> software, c.. If you want to support MySQL development. >> So Why it is not supported with PHP5? and from where i can get the >> lib?? > > I guess we need a FAQ. I am getting tired of answering this. > > The GPL is not compatible with Apache/BSD-style licenses. If you link > a GPL'ed library into a non-GPL'ed application and then redistribute > it, or if you incorporate the code into something and redistribute it, > like we do, then you must put that something under the GPL. And we > don't want to put PHP under the GPL because that would mean you > couldn't link it into Apache (which sort of defeats the purpose for > most people) unless of course we also got the Apache guys to switch to > the GPL. This is why some people call the GPL a viral license. So, why then not using the GPL for PHP. Soo many people are releasing their software under the GPL. Regards Thomas