[Savannah-register-public] [task #4098] Submission of MySQL++

[Sylvain Beucler]

Update of task #4098 (project administration):

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Follow-up Comment #1:

Hi,

I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.


You project relies on MySQL, which is released under the GNU GPL. As a
result, you need to license your project under the GNU GPL as well. Are you
willing to do this?


Your files lack copyright, and license notices/
Generic instructions:
In order to release your project properly and unambiguously under the GPL,
please place copyright notices and permission-to-copy statements at the
beginning of every file of source code.

In addition, if you haven't already, please include a copy of the plain text
version of the GPL, available from http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt, into
a file named "COPYING".

For more information, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html.

The GPL FAQ explains why these procedures must be followed.  To learn why a
copy of the GPL must be included with every copy of the code, for example,
see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhyMustIInclude.


Also, your documentation carries a copyright notice, a copy of the GNU LGPL,
but no legal "binding" between the two. Please a license notice in your
documentation as well. Incidentally, we recommand using the GFDL as your
documentation license.


"MySQL++ depends on MySQL. One might argue that the dual-licensed current
MySQL versions are in some sense non-free, but MySQL++ will still work with
the pure-GPL 3.23 if one wishes to use it."

As long as MySQL is released under a free software license, this is not a
problem. The fact it is dual-licensed makes it a weaker copyleft though.
Also, it is sad they used the term "commercial", to oppose their proprietary
license to the free one. Free software can be, and often is, commercial! :)


If you are willing to make the changes mentioned above, please provide us
with an URL to an updated tarball of your project.  Upon review, we will
reconsider your project for inclusion in Savannah.

Regards.


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