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From: "Markus Hoenicka" <Markus DOT Hoenicka AT uth DOT tmc DOT edu>
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 15:17:49 +0000
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Subject: proprietary-use license?
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Richard,

all programs that you mention (MySQL, Cygwin, PostgreSQL) are released
under free licenses. You do not have to pay per-seat charges for any
of these as long as you do not buy professional support.

regards,
Markus

Richard Chrenko writes:
 > We are a small research institute developing a Java-based solar energy
 > simulation which will be marketed to the renewable energy community. Our
 > program requires multi-platform database functionality which is why
 > PostgreSQL (and MySQL) came to mind. We would like to avoid any per-seat
 > charges such as MySQL requires. What are the licensing requirements or
 > charges for Cygwin/PostgreSQL?

-- 
Markus Hoenicka, PhD
UT Houston Medical School
Dept. of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology
6431 Fannin MSB4.114
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 500-6313, -7477
(713) 500-7444 (fax)
Markus DOT Hoenicka AT uth DOT tmc DOT edu
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/hoenicka_markus/


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