MySQL Licenses
MySQL is offering 2 type of licenses: Commercial and Free (GNU/GPL).
Commercial license, as what it named, you need to pay to use at a very "affordable" price of USD595/server/year.
The good news is, there is a free version under the GNU/GPL license, which most of the hosting companies provide. In addition the features of the free version are ALL same as the commercial license. So is it really a good news? The answer might disappoint you.
As stated in MySQL website: "MySQL is free use for those who are 100% GPL", means if I'm using MySQL for my web application, all my source code must be 100% GPL (open source), which also means that my clients can actually modify and resale the codes that I developed for them! As for .NET and Java developer, you might also need to handover the full source code to your client if you are using the free version.
(Ref: http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/opensource-license.html)
Alternatively you can use PostgreSQL or FireBird in replace of MySQL. These 2 database servers are totally free to use without any restriction (Pls doublecheck yourself for the license agreements :P)
Commercial license, as what it named, you need to pay to use at a very "affordable" price of USD595/server/year.
The good news is, there is a free version under the GNU/GPL license, which most of the hosting companies provide. In addition the features of the free version are ALL same as the commercial license. So is it really a good news? The answer might disappoint you.
As stated in MySQL website: "MySQL is free use for those who are 100% GPL", means if I'm using MySQL for my web application, all my source code must be 100% GPL (open source), which also means that my clients can actually modify and resale the codes that I developed for them! As for .NET and Java developer, you might also need to handover the full source code to your client if you are using the free version.
(Ref: http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/opensource-license.html)
Alternatively you can use PostgreSQL or FireBird in replace of MySQL. These 2 database servers are totally free to use without any restriction (Pls doublecheck yourself for the license agreements :P)
posted by Lee Peng at 10:33 PM
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