On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 10:43:18PM -0600, Chris Adams wrote:
file). For example, the db4, pcre, and gdbm libraries all list
"GPL" as
the license, yet Apache is linked against them. I though that db4 was a
under a BSDish license, not the GPL. The pcre license seems to be
db4 is BSDish correct, as is pcre.
all documentation actually) is omitted from the RPMs; I only found it
in
the source. The gdbm library does appear to be under the GPL however.
That may be an error in this case.
What makes MySQL different than these? If the MySQL client library
being under the GPL is a problem for Apache (for example), then so is
the gdbm library (and potentially others) that are currently being
linked with Apache.
The gdbm link with apache seems to be problematic yes unless there was
special permission given.
Mark ?
Alan