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The MySQL source code is covered by the GNU GPL
license
(see section G. GNU General Public License). One result of this is that any program
which includes, by linking with libmysqld
, the MySQL
source code must be released as free software (under a license
compatible with the GPL
).
We encourage everyone to promote free software by releasing
code under the GPL
or a compatible license. For those who
are not able to do this, another option is to purchase a
commercial license for the MySQL code from MySQL AB.
For details, please see 1.4.3 MySQL Licenses.