Re: GPL confusion

[Alexander Terekhov]

Martin Dickopp wrote:
[...]
> That depends on the details of how you use MySQL.  A good rule of thumb
> is to ask yourself the question: Can you write your program without
> downloading MySQL first, i.e. is reading the MySQL documentation enough
> to make your program communicate with MySQL?  If the answer is yes, your
> program is clearly not based on MySQL.  If the answer is no, this is a
> strong indication that your program is indeed derived from MySQL.

That's utter bullshit. 

regards,
alexander.