[Zope] MySQLDA woes with 2.4.1 RH6.1

[Richard Moon]

At 16:36 21/09/01, you wrote:
> > > > Is it really not possible to include the MySQLDA with the main Zope
> > > > distribution ?
> > > >
> >
> > Can you answer the above question ?
>
>All of the DAs for zope require linking with libraries supplied buy the
>RDBMS vendor. There is generally a liscence restriction preventing ZC from
>including those libraries with zope.

Sorry I don't understand - when you say linking do you mean at compile time 
or run time. If compile time then presumably the people providing binary 
DAs are themselves in breach of licences - if at run-time then what's the 
problem ? If I haven't the licences on my system then the DA won't run.

Is this why MySQL-python needs to be compiled at my end - because otherwise 
the author would breach licences ? If that is the case then I can 
understand why it has to be done this way.

Regards

Richard


Richard Moon
richard@dcs.co.uk