TMySqlXXConnection legal question
lazarus / 16-Databases

----------------------------------------------------------------------
xinyiman · 2010-06-29 04:52

If I use the oject TMySqlXXConnection to create a commercial
application, I pay for the license to mysql?

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Loesje · 2010-06-29 10:43

You should ask the developers of mysql if you have to pay for it,
Lazarus and Free Pascal have nothing to do with that?

----------------------------------------------------------------------
xinyiman · 2010-06-29 19:51

I know but I was hoping that the makers of the object in question to
tell me if I had made with mysql libraries or have used sockets. Why
in the latter case it should be possible not to pay!

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Leledumbo · 2010-06-30 19:44

QuoteInsert Quote
If I use the oject TMySqlXXConnection to create a commercial
application, I pay for the license to mysql?Starting from MySQL 5.0,
yes. MySQL splits its development into community and enterprise
edition, the former may only be used if you're creating open source
apps.
QuoteWhy in the latter case it should be possible not to pay!Which
case? Used sockets? If yes, then the answer would be because sockets
are implemented in OS libraries and it's allowed (to the best of my
knowledge, no OS forces you to pay because you're using its socket
API) to be used in commercial apps.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
xinyiman · 2010-06-30 20:17

Thank you