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Re: newsgroups for php & mysql? & a question.

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falstaff@lennon.postino.com
Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:46:52 -0800 (PST)

> does anyone know of newsgroups for dedicated to mysql or php? i have
> looked on the main rogers server of 35000 groups and not found anything.
> meanwhile postgresql has six separate groups! didn't notice obvious
> links for groups on either php.net or mysql.com. (apologies if i haven't
> looked carefully enough).
> jd.
>

There are mail lists for both .

I have a question regarding Mysql. I am using Postgresql to do some
database/web developement. I am charging for the work. I have had a
few people ask me why I am not using MySQL. Attached is a section of
the file PUBLIC that comes with MySQL.

  2. Restrictions.
     This license is subject to the following restrictions:
       a. Distribution of the Program or any work based on the Program
          by a commercial organization to any third party is prohibited
          if any payment is made in connection with such distribution,
          whether directly (as in payment for a copy of the Program) or
          indirectly (as in payment for some service related to the
          Program, or payment for some product or service that includes
          a copy of the Program "without charge"; these are only
          examples, and not an exhaustive enumeration of prohibited
          activities). However, the following methods of distribution
          involving payment shall not in and of themselves be a
          violation of this restriction:

Now, I am not a lawyer, but this seems pretty clearly to prohibit using
MySQL in a commercial product. When I mention this to people, they
seem unaware of this restriction. Is anyone on the list using MySQL
for commercial development? And if so, what about this restriction?
  

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