

There is essentially no risk in using GPL software. Software) in the background is also free.įor internal programs for which you own all the copyright(s), That would restrict the usage of your code by requiring it to be GPLed.Ĭonnecting to a remote service that runs MariaDB (or any other GPL There is no such thing as 'internal distribution' Internal usage within an organization is totally free and not subject The GPL license only affects code that you distribute to other parties. We do however recommend you to use the new client libraries for any non-GPL application.


You to combine it with most other open source software, withoutĬonflicting with their license, even if that license is incompatible The MariaDB client library included with the MariaDB server is also GPL version 2, The LGPL license allows you to distribute these MariaDB client libraries freely with any application. The MariaDB client libraries for C, Java and ODBC are distributed under the LGPL license, version 2.1 or later. MariaDB is distributed under the GPL license, Distributing a proprietary application with the MariaDB / MySQL server.Using a database source independent framework.Distributing an application with a MariaDB connector/client.
