acronym LAMP

[Florian Diesch]

Derek Broughton <derek at pointerstop.ca> wrote:

> CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:
>
>> On 01/06/09 09:01 AM, Gilles Gravier wrote:
>>> For me, the choise PostgreSQL vs MySQL is more a dependence on type of
>>> application & data you are going to process... and maybe compatibility
>>> with existing code... Licensing is very similar.
>> 
>> No, it isn't. There are important differences between the GPL and BSD
>> licenses that may or may not make a difference in your particular use
>> case. It is a good idea to understand what they are before you commit to
>> one or the other. The BSD license, which is how PostgreSQL is licensed,
>> is the more permissive of the two.
>
> It is, but I honestly can't see how it matters to any program that _uses_ a 
> database.  You're not modifying the database code, so for almost all uses 
> either GPL or BSD is irrelevant.  

You have to buy a commercial licence if you want to use the MySQL
client libs in non-FLOSS software, see
<http://www.mysql.com/about/legal/>


   Florian
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