Re: MySQL for win32
| From: | Erin's Fan Club© | Date: | Sat, 05 Aug 2000 21:20:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: MySQL for win32 | ||
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Jobarr
> Does anyone know if MySQL actually expires after 30 days for win32
> or do they just want you to pay at that time?
I do not believe it does actually expire, however...
You are breaking the licencing agreement by continuing to use
MySQL (Win ver) after that time.
> I thought it was GPL...but in the docs it says it isn't
Read this file (as you _should_ have already)...
%MySQL_install_dir%/Docs/manual.html#Licensing_and_Support
This states...
The reason for always requiring a license under Microsoft Windows is
that because Windows is a highly commercial OS with very high development
costs (it usually takes 3 times longer to build and test
things under windows), we see no other alternative than only give
the latest MySQL Windows version to paying customers. If we
wouldn't do this we would not be able to keep up development on
Windows.
> -Jobarr
Regards and happy coding, EF
Not everything in black and white makes sense