Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 13:04:57 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG, Nick Pavlica <linicks@gmail.com> Subject: Re: MySql Load balancing Solutions? Message-ID: <200502041204.j14C4vCe083455@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <freebsd-database.dc9ba0440502031302575114df@mail.gmail.com>
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Nick Pavlica <linicks@gmail.com> wrote: > [...] > > Uh --- MySQL Cluster is a standard part of 4.1.9. You just have to > > install the mysql41-server port WITH_NDB=yes, which gets you a bunch > > of extra executables, mostly in /usr/local/libexec, including ndb_mgmd > > and ndbd. See: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/ndbcluster.html > > Yes it's part of 4.19, but if your software is not licenced under the > GPL you must buy a licence for the MySql servers ($595/server), and > another licence for MySql Cluster($5,000/CPU). That only applies if you are redistributing mysql. If you are only _using_ it, then it doesn't matter at all, and your other software doesn't have to be GPL. Specifically, www.mysql.com says [1]: "Free use for those who never copy, modify or distribute. As long as you never distribute the MySQL Software in any way, you are free to use it for powering your application, irrespective of whether your application is under GPL license or not." That's as clear as it can get. :-) Best regards Oliver [1]: http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/opensource-license.html -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "It combines all the worst aspects of C and Lisp: a billion different sublanguages in one monolithic executable. It combines the power of C with the readability of PostScript." -- Jamie Zawinski, when asked: "What's wrong with perl?"
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