Licensing Survey Results

1. What do you think of MySQL's dual license policy and Quid Pro Quo business principle?

2. What do you think of the GPL license which MySQL uses as the basis for its open source licensing?

3. MySQL published an exception to the GPL so that our client library license would be compatible with the open source license used for PHP. How do you think MySQL should license its client libraries? (Multiple answers allowed.)

Client libraries should be free for open source development	0 (0,0%)
Client libraries should be free for commercial development	0 (0,0%)
Client libraries should be licensed consistent with the database server	0 (0,0%)
MySQL should provide software ISVs with authenticated client libraries	0 (0,0%)
Don't know or don't care	0 (0,0%)

4. How do you use or plan on using MySQL? (Multiple answers allowed.)

To develop other open source projects or applications	0 (0,0%)
For corporate applications	0 (0,0%)
For web-based or hosted applications	0 (0,0%)
For consulting projects	0 (0,0%)
For personal education and experimentation	0 (0,0%)

5. What best describes your role?

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