RE: [PEAR] RE: [PEAR-DEV] Re: [PEAR] Re: [PHP] PHP 5.0.0 Beta 1
| From: | Lukas Smith | Date: | Mon, 30 Jun 2003 08:02:09 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PEAR] RE: [PEAR-DEV] Re: [PEAR] Re: [PHP] PHP 5.0.0 Beta 1 | ||
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> From: Rasmus Lerdorf [mailto:rasmus@lerdorf.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 9:52 AM
>
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Lukas Smith wrote:
> > Actually they also changed the license on the 3.x client. Of course
they
> > can't revoke everything they have licensed as LGPL before. So
basically
> > everything they have released since a while is GPL (which they never
> > openly announced).
>
> Where did you get this information? Did you check whether this is
true?
> Did you download the latest MySQL 3.x and verify that the client
library
> is under the GPL?
>
> As far as I know this is pure myth. The latest MySQL 3.x release
still
> contains an LGPL'ed client library.
Ok I stand correct.
Sorry for spreading this false information.
Of course an announcement focused on informing their usersbase about the
change and its implications was never made to prevent these kinds of
myths.
Regards,
Lukas