From: Warren Young Date: May 22 2008 10:43pm Subject: Re: license question List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/plusplus/7667 Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On May 22, 2008, at 4:25 PM, support wrote: > mysql++ isn't much use without the mysql C api... That's true. Are you just wishing it were not so, or were you about to propose some change that *makes* it not so? > I want to create a closed source app. I want to use mysql++. I don't > link to mysql C api or touch it, but mysql++ does. > I want to include the mysql++ dll and the mysql C api dll with my > app when I > distribute it so it 'just works'. I don't mind making the source for > those available if I have to. I will not allow any of my code to > become > GPL or LGPL. I'm sure you can find a lawyer who is willing to argue that case for you. For a fee, of course. > I do not want to spend money. Something for nothing, eh? :) Hard cash isn't the only token that'll make this sociolegal carousel go 'round. If you read the MySQL++ Wishlist, you'll find a plan for making MySQL++ talk to other databases. If you're willing to work with us to develop that, it solves your problem. Just offering it as an option to consider... > what about the mysql ODBC connector? I'm sure you can find a better place to ask that question.