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1. General Information
2. MySQL Installation
3. Tutorial Introduction
4. Database Administration
5. MySQL Optimisation
6. MySQL Language Reference
7. MySQL Table Types
8. MySQL APIs
9. Extending MySQL

16 MySQL Technical Reference for Version 4.0.3 1.4.2 Copyrights and Licenses Used by MySQL MySQL AB owns the copyright to the MySQL source code, the MySQL logos and trademarks and this manual. See Section 1.3 [What is MySQL AB], page 11. Several dierent licenses are relevant to the MySQL distribution: 1. All the MySQL-specic source in the server, the mysqlclient library and the client, as well as the GNU readline library is covered by the GNU General Public License. See Appendix H [GPL license], page 774. The text of this license can also be found as the le `COPYING' in the distributions. 2. The GNU getopt library is covered by the GNU Lesser General Public License. See Appendix I [LGPL license], page 780. 3. Some parts of the source (the regexp library) are covered by a Berkeley-style copyright. 4. Older versions of MySQL (3.22 and earlier) are subject to a more strict license (http://www.mysql.com/support/arrangements/mypl.html). See the documen- tation of the specic version for information. 5. The manual is currently not distributed under a GPL-style license. Use of the manual is subject to the following terms: Conversion to other formats is allowed, but the actual content may not be altered or edited in any way. You may create a printed copy for your own personal use. For all other uses, such as selling printed copies or using (parts of) the manual in another publication, prior written agreement from MySQL AB is required. Please e-mail docs@mysql.com for more information or if you are interested in doing a translation. For information about how the MySQL licenses work in practice, please refer to Section 1.4.3 [MySQL licenses], page 16. Also see Section 1.4.4 [MySQL AB Logos and Trademarks], page 18. 1.4.3 MySQL Licenses The MySQL software is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL), which proba- bly is the best known Open Source license. The formal terms of the GPL license can be found at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/. See also http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq. and http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/enforcing-gpl.html. Since the MySQL software is released under the GPL, it may often be used for free, but for certain uses you may want or need to buy commercial licenses from MySQL AB at https://order.mysql.com/. Older versions of MySQL (3.22 and earlier) are subject to a more strict license (http://www. See the documentation of the specic version for information. Please note that the use of the MySQL software under commercial license, GPL, or the old MySQL license does not automatically give you the right to use MySQL AB trademarks. See Section 1.4.4 [MySQL AB Logos and Trademarks], page 18.

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