--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Lester Caine <lester@l...> wrote:

> Johan van Zyl wrote:
>
> >> except when distributed
> >>together with your Clarion application.
> >
> > Even if you dont distribute it, its not free when used with a

commercial

> > app. I specifically queried MySQL sales about this in a number of
> > scenarios, including putting it on our cd, telling our users to

download

> > "some SQL server but no specific one" and so on. I did this

because their

> > site was (is?) confusing about it and there were tons of posts

floating

> > around here in the NGs saying "MySQL is free". Their response left no
> > doubt: if you are using it for a commercial app that isnt GNU'd,

your users

> > cant use it for free.
>
> The PHP group have drooped including MySQL by default with
> PHP5 for the simple reason that the licence conditions have
> been changed. MySQL have apparently not liked that move and
> have been pressuring for it's return, but hopefully we are
> now on a more than equal footing with MySQL given the
> additional facilities that Firebird can provide.
>
> The question now is how to create an easy path for the
> conversion of MySQL metadata into Firebird format :)
> Any suggestions gratefully received (Off list) - I'm trying
> to document it ;)
>
> --
> Lester Caine
> -----------------------------
> L.S.Caine Electronic Services

If one wants to use 'Domains'(data definitions) of Firebird then
they have to manually create Domains and metadata for Firebird as
there is no equivalent 'Domains' in MySql.
Using IBExpert its tedious but easy to convert mysql metadata.