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Is database schema covered by the GPL?
From: |
walterbyrd |
Subject: |
Is database schema covered by the GPL? |
Date: |
Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:10:52 -0700 (PDT) |
User-agent: |
G2/1.0 |
Product A is licensed by the GPL. Product A uses MySQL.
Product B is a seperate application. Product B is not a module for
product A. Product B's code is not embedded in product A.
But, product B can access product A's data by reading the same MySQL
database as product A.
Here is the rub: for product B to access product A's data, product B
must be aware of the database schema used by product A. Product B must
know the database name, the table names, and the field names, and the
database structure, and all of that - I assume - is covered by the
GPL.
Since product B used the GPL'd database schema of product A; must
product B also be licensed under the GPL?
- Is database schema covered by the GPL?,
walterbyrd <=
- Re: Is database schema covered by the GPL?, Alan Mackenzie, 2009/03/24
- Re: Is database schema covered by the GPL?, walterbyrd, 2009/03/25
- Re: Is database schema covered by the GPL?, Hyman Rosen, 2009/03/24
- Re: Is database schema covered by the GPL?, Alexander Terekhov, 2009/03/24
- Re: Is database schema covered by the GPL?, Hyman Rosen, 2009/03/24
- Re: Is database schema covered by the GPL?, Rjack, 2009/03/24
- Re: Is database schema covered by the GPL?, Hyman Rosen, 2009/03/25
- Re: Is database schema covered by the GPL?, Rjack, 2009/03/25
- Re: Is database schema covered by the GPL?, Rjack, 2009/03/25
- Re: Is database schema covered by the GPL?, Hyman Rosen, 2009/03/25