On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 04:34:33PM +0000, Andreas Metzler wrote: > Francesco P. Lovergine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing/foss-exception.html > > > A few programs link currently the old non-GPL libmysqlclient10 in order > > to retain compatibility with other free licenses which have known > > problems and require exceptions (e.g. openssl). AFAIK the new > > statement should allow all those program to link the current > > libmysqlclient instead. See proftpd-mysql for an example of such kind > > of programs. > > Could you readjust my glasses? You explicitely mention OpenSSL but I > cannot see it on the webpage. Is 'BSD license "July 22 1999"' supposed > to apply? >
Mmm, I'm quite miopic too, anyway both licenses in openssl are bsd-like (with advertising clauses) and they are compatible with OpenSource Initiative criteria, as pointed in http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php. So they are acceptable for MySQL FOSS exception. -- Francesco P. Lovergine
