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[Michael Widenius <monty@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi!

>>>>> "Maarten" == Maarten Vanraes <alien@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

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Maarten> I don't know if this is related or not, but i found this text: 
Maarten> http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17952_01/refman-5.1-en/license-gnu-readline.html

Maarten> i note the "or later" in this text.

Maarten> does this mean that the GPLv2 license is also a GPLv2+ license for mysql?

What the above means is that if Oracle uses any GPL software that
specifies 'GPLV2 or later', Oracle will use it under GPLv2.

It does not mean that the MySQL software that Oracle releases under
GPLv2 can be combined with other GPLv3 code :(

Regards,
Monty