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[paul POULAIN]

Anthony W. Youngman a écrit:

> Have you read the MySQL licence ...
>
> I don't know whether you're that bothered (Koha being gpl and all 
> that), but the MySQL licence specifically splits systems built on top 
> of it into ones that *can* *use* MySQL as one back end among many, and 
> others that *need* *MySQL*.
>
> As I say, since Koha is gpl maybe you don't care, but maybe others 
> might ...
>
> And if you're going to do this, for $DEITY's sake make it an 
> *optional* module, so that should people not want MySQL, they can just 
> leave this module out and then they're still independent ...
>
In fact, i think that the "need" mySQL refers to licence constraint : if 
your licence disable the opportunity for the user to use something else, 
then mySQL must be buyed.
For us, as it's gpl, the "must" is a technical constraint, which is not 
covered by the mySQL constraint. MANY softwares works only on mySQL (1 
"replace", which is mySQL-only, and your software is mysql dependant. 
And almost everybody uses replace when developping on mySQL)

-- 
Paul POULAIN
Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres
responsable francophone de koha (SIBGB libre http://fr.koha.org)

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