Re: Re: PHP 5.0.0 Beta 1
| From: | Derick Rethans | Date: | Sun, 29 Jun 2003 19:02:00 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: PHP 5.0.0 Beta 1 | ||
| References: | 1 2 | Groups: | php.general php.internals |
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On Sun, 29 Jun 2003, Robert Cummings wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 14:19, Sterling Hughes wrote:
> >
> > - Due to issues surrounding the MySQL 4.0 license, the MySQL libraries
> > are no longer bundled with PHP. For more information on these
> > licensing changes please see the MySQL licensing policy [1]
> >
> > [1] http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing.html
>
> I read the licensing information in the above link, but I'm curious what
> exactly in it necessitated the need to unbundle MySQL? Anyone have a
> quick answer?
It's GPL.
Derick
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