Thanks for the explanation. William
On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 9:36 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 13 April 2018 at 11:26, Karl Wright <daddy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You can't distribute the MySQL driver, but as long as you don't > distribute > > the driver, you are free to solve the problem any way you like. You can > > require that the user download the driver themselves, or you can develop > > your own driver -- all of those are fine. > > This is the policy that I think applies here: > > http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#optional > > Does the product work without MySQL? > It sounds like that this would be an optional storage method, so > depending on it would be fine. > > The uses who want to use MySQL will have to download the driver (and > accept the terms of its license). > Those that don't wish to use MySQL aren't affected. > > > Karl > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 6:20 AM, 吴晟 Sheng Wu <wu.sh...@foxmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> Someone asked whether could provide a mysql based storage implemention > for > >> SKyWalking. > >> I am aware mysql driver is under GPL, so should not be allowed, right? > >> Then how about the mysql protocol? If they implement the codes by > >> themself, because the storage required a few features compared to the > real > >> driver. > >> > >> > >> Thanks > >> Sheng Wu > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
