LGPL -> GPL = less freedom
LGPL -> GPL = less freedom
Posted May 29, 2003 16:46 UTC (Thu) by khim (subscriber, #9252)In reply to: LGPL -> GPL = less freedom by dion
Parent article: MySQL AB and SAP AG Partner to Build New Open Source Databases
Looks like MySQL AB silently changed licensing terms. They kept COPYING.LIB in distribution and changelog only mentions one change in licensing:
Changes in release 3.23.19
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* Changed copyright for all files to `GPL' for the server code and
utilities and to LGPL for the client libraries.
but libmysql 4+ actually refers not to LGPL but to GPL now. Oops.