I've been thinking about releasing a portable package for MySQL Workbench, but I'm concerned on licensing. While the community edition is GPL, I'm unsure if there would be a problem with the 'MySQL' name and the fact that Oracle owns it. Any thoughts?
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I don't even think they have an OSS edition of MySQL Workbench available anymore since Oracle bought them. At least I don't see it on the page. I just see a reference to the fact that there is (or was) one.
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https://www.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/
'gpl' is in the name of the file, and the second download is the source.
EDIT: I have this installed for work as well. I just checked and the install also includes a COPYING file which is the GPL v2 license.
I thought they were just giving the sources for the GPL and LGPL components. Not the whole thing.
As for packaging the app, it's a gray area. Oracle won't let anybody use their trademarks (hence the OpenOffice.org issues previously). They do have a MySQL trademark use guideline for things that use it, though, as long as it follows specific guidelines. In theory, this could apply.
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Just briefly looking over the overall trademarks use, from what I can tell you can only use something like "AppName, derived from MySQL" or something similar. I might have to ask or drop the idea.
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