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Cheat? On the contrary
You call Windows DLL's thats late loading. Does Microsoft therefore control your code as part of the license of that DLL? No.

Same goes for late loaded libraries in Linux, just because it runs on those libraries, doesn't mean only GPL code can run on Linux. Its only if you link to it.

"Also, the intent of allowing GPL'd modules to be loaded by non-GPL software is so that people can write GPL extensions for commercial software, not so that commercial software can include non-GPL extensions."

Surely the intent of the GPL is that enhancements go back into the product. There are many GPL libraries used widely in exactly the way described. Consider the JPEG library, that is GPL'd and late loaded into many commercial apps.

"If InnoDB puts a notice on their website saying 'If you want to use this in non-GPL software, you need to buy a Commercial license,'"

They didn't they said that you can't LINK to it with a commercial application without a commercial license. Thats consistent with what the GPL says.
Posted by: Nigel Johnstone   Posted on: 10/16/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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MySQL taking over Innobase is NOT an option  Erik1234 | 10/14/05
Not true  Nigel Johnstone | 10/14/05
Viral Effects triggered by Linkage  Erik1234 | 10/14/05
Not so, Fork Away!  Nigel Johnstone | 10/14/05
In other words you can cheat  Erik1234 | 10/16/05
Cheat? On the contrary  Nigel Johnstone | 10/16/05
As long as comercial software does NOT need to link with InnoDB, ok  DonnieBoy | 10/14/05
I just realised, they don't even need to fork  Nigel Johnstone | 10/14/05
Again with the paranoia  georgef | 10/14/05
Maybe they just wanted Linux DB programmers  Nigel Johnstone | 10/15/05
its not just for programmers  georgef | 10/15/05
Is to stiple improvement?  joemartn | 10/15/05
It will be a kill  joemartn | 10/15/05
if MySQl is a threat to Oracle.....  NemesisNL | 10/16/05
It's definitely a bigger threat to MS SQL.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 10/16/05
Free databases are a huge benefit to commercial vendors  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 10/16/05

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