[Mono-dev] ByteFX driver -> Connector/Net

[Chris Morgan]

There was a pretty extensive thread about this a year or so ago on this 
mailing list.  The license restrictions for mysql and mysql libraries seemed 
to be in conflict with the GPL.

In my case my company just switched to using postgres.  It wasn't worth the 
trouble of having to worry about it.

Chris


On Saturday 15 April 2006 7:05 am, Rafael Teixeira wrote:
> AFAIK, it's just a licensing issue: GPL for a library may muddle
> things with our mostly X11/MIT library licensing. We do carry some
> LGPL libs, but that is reasonable, as LGPL limits its effects to the
> library itself, including a GPL one into the package would make people
> think they may be constrained to GPL when using Mono to develop apps,
> what is not the case.
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> On 4/15/06, mlord at mysql.com <mlord at mysql.com> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I wanted to contact you regarding your built-in
> > MySQL data connector.  I see that you still contain
> > the Byte FX driver which was the pre-cursor to
> > the MySQL Connector/.NET driver.  Could we
> > discuss packaging MySql.Data instead?
> >
> > I am discussing the use of mono with MySQL
> > at the user conference and I would love to note
> > that we're working toward inclusion of the current
> > GA version of the driver in some future version
> > of mono.
> >
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Matt Lord, Senior Support Engineer
> > Brooklyn, NY, USA
> > MySQL AB, www.mysql.com
> >
> > Don't miss the MySQL Users Conference 2006: http://www.mysqluc.com
> >
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> title (Javaman) from my friend Bruno Souza and become the
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