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Is MySQL AB a "Free Software company"?

Is MySQL AB a "Free Software company"?

Posted Aug 16, 2007 15:07 UTC (Thu) by ber (subscriber, #2142)
Parent article: MySQL stops distributing Enterprise Server source code

To say that MySQL is a Free Software I would expect them to make the large majority of the revenues with Free Software product. Is the fraction of free software and proprietary software revenue for them known?

In addition there are other business models which can be envisoned for a Free Software company. To me as an enterprise customer I would want version that have been tested by the larger community. A split often is not in my interest as long as other users play fair as well. And this is my point: As customers we can make a better business model work.


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