[SQL][On-Rev] Bulk import into PostgreSQL on On-Rev

[Richard Gaskin]

Kay C Lan wrote:

> mySQL offers it's db free for non-profit.

Kinda sorta.

MySQL is released under the GPL, so you can grab the source for free, 
compile it yourself, and sell it for $1000 if you like.

But there's one catch:  anything you make with it must also have its 
source available, and anyone could download your source and sell it too. 
  Or give it away.  Or modify it so it draws dancing chickens all over 
the user's screen if that's what they want to do, so long as they also 
make their source available.

GPL moves the cost-of-entry from cash to skills: rather than be required 
to pay for it with money, you can pay for it with time to set up a C 
compiler and run a make file.

It's only for closed-source projects that a copy of MySQL can be 
obtained under a separate proprietary license.

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