RE: license question - Pat Ballard - com.mysql.lists.mysql

11 messages in com.mysql.lists.mysqlRE: license question

From	Sent On	Attachments
Pat Ballard	30 Mar 2005 16:02
vale...@be-known-online.com	30 Mar 2005 16:35
Pat Ballard	30 Mar 2005 16:58
Gleb Paharenko	30 Mar 2005 17:25
Daevid Vincent	30 Mar 2005 21:17
gunm...@gunmuse.com	30 Mar 2005 21:26
Daevid Vincent	30 Mar 2005 21:40
Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)	30 Mar 2005 21:54
Pat Ballard	30 Mar 2005 23:38
Mark Matthews	31 Mar 2005 05:08
Michael Satterwhite	31 Mar 2005 07:05

Subject:	RE: license question
From:	Pat Ballard (pat_...@yahoo.com)
Date:	03/30/2005 11:38:44 PM
List:	com.mysql.lists.mysql

--- Daevid Vincent <dae...@daevid.com> wrote:

As my company and I understand it, if you intend on distributing mySQL on this appliance and the appliance is a sealed box

yes

with your own proprietary code (like PHP or C or Java or whatever) that interfaces to the STOCK/Untouched RDBMS

It's like this:

my_code <--> stock PHP/Apache <--> stock MySQL

you NEED a mySQL Commercial License.

wowza! :-(

This license is a ridiculous $600 per unit which makes it completely unrealistic for any large scale deployment!!!

Well, it means your profit per unit (not counting SQL expenses) must be significantly higher than $600 Not easy, given the fierce competition in the current market.

If someone from mySQL can clarify that would be great

I agree that the license is murky. That's why i actually asked mysql.com a question through "official" channels. I'm waiting their response.