MySQL Writes Exception for PHP in License

ryanjensen writes "According to an article on News.com, MySQL wrote an exception into its license to allow PHP to use its libraries. From the article: 'Because MySQL owns copyright to all the MySQL code, it can include additional license provisions to its software. The new provision, called the Free and Open Source Software License Exception, enables people to use MySQL client libraries with other open-source projects under other open-source licenses other than the GPL.'"

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Popular != Better

[Tassach]

It's a shame that people waste years learning an inferior tool like MySQL and then refuse to take that knowledge and apply it to a real database. Not only that, because MySQL lacks essential features like triggers and stored procedures, people who use MySQL never learn *why* you need them. MySQL teaches people bad habits that they then refuse to unlearn; all too often, they cop an attitude rather than face the reality that they're wrong.

As relational databases go, MySQL is utter crap. Even in the realm of open-source databases, there are better choices. Just because it's *possible* to do some jobs with MySQL, doesn't mean that it's a good idea. Anything that can be done with MySQL could be done as well or better with MS-Access. No one in their right mind would consider building a serious web application around Access, but people think using MySQL is ok for some bizarre reason.