My company recently purchased a product which needs a database to store its data. It is a collaboration system, so needs a central database. There are scripts for MySQL and a few others.
I automatically chose MySQL as it is the one I have the most experience of, but a colleague of mine said that as we are a business, the small print says we have to pay a licence. I did not know this was true, and cannot find any information that says I can't just use the Community Edition. I thought the GPL licence said that I could not distribute MySQL without making my own product GPL, but I could use it for free.
Does anyone know if my colleague was correct?
Best Answer
Just using MySQL database doesn't require a commercial license. Buying a product that uses it doesn't change a thing and neither does business use.
You'd need one if:
Either way it's the company that provides the app who should pay for MySQL license if anyone in fact has to.