2013/3/8 Eric V. Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eric@trueblade.com" target="_blank">eric@trueblade.com</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div class="im">> Doesn't a MySQL binding have to link with some client library?  libmysql.so?<br>
> How is it licensed?<br>
> I found this<br>
> page: <a href="http://www.mysql.com/about/legal/licensing/foss-exception/" target="_blank">http://www.mysql.com/about/legal/licensing/foss-exception/</a><br>
> which seems to prevent redistribution under non-free licenses.<br>
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</div></div>It's not true that a client library is required. PyMySQL is pure Python.<br>
We could also write a C connection module ourselves, if needed.<br></blockquote></div><br>Ah, MySQL TCP protocol is public and easy to implement. Good!<div><br></div><div>OTOH it probably makes it more difficult to use semi-advanced features.</div>
<div>Prepared statements, for example.<div><div><br></div>-- <br>Amaury Forgeot d'Arc
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