# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-06-29 14:53:40 -0400:
> On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 14:19, Sterling Hughes wrote:
> >
> > - Due to issues surrounding the MySQL 4.0 license, the MySQL libraries
> > are no longer bundled with PHP. For more information on these
> > licensing changes please see the MySQL licensing policy [1]
> >
> > [1] http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing.html
>
> I read the licensing information in the above link, but I'm curious what
> exactly in it necessitated the need to unbundle MySQL? Anyone have a
> quick answer?
"1. Free use for those who are 100% GPL"
IOW, it's not free for PHP
"2. Free use for those who never copy, modify or distribute"
IOW, it's not free for PHP
3. GPL would infect the whole PHP tree
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
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