title: MySQL Connector/J Replacement
body: <p>I was wondering if there are any alternatives to using the MySQL Connector/J JDBC driver?  Connector/J is licensed under a GPL license which will not work in my case.  I like MySQL, but I also can not afford to pay the fees for becoming a partner (I read online somewhere it's about $600 a year).</p>
  
  <p>I was hoping that there would be some other open-source driver online under a different license that I could use in my closed-source application, but haven't been able to find one.</p>
  
  <p>If there's no replacement, then does anyone have any other databases they recommend?  I'm thinking of switching to PostgreSQL.</p>