RMS on MySQL's Connector licenses

[cjcollier]

I sent mail to RMS the other day asking what he thought of MySQL's licensing scheme:



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Heya Richard,

What do you think of MySQL's policy of sticking to the GPL with
distribution exceptions for "Open Source" libraries such as bsd,
x11/mit, etc?

MySQL AB recently decided to stick with GPL and these exceptions rather
than LGPL in part because of your writings on the subject.

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html

Looking forward to your reply,

C.J.

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He replied that he feels that MySQL has made a good decision in sticking with GPL + exceptions instead of using LGPL.



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What do you think of MySQL's policy of sticking to the GPL with
distribution exceptions for "Open Source" libraries such as bsd,
x11/mit, etc?

I don't know exactly what the policy is, but I if it is what your
words suggest it is, it is a good one.