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Is this true?

Is this true?

Posted Dec 15, 2009 16:24 UTC (Tue) by gbutler69 (guest, #54063)
In reply to: A bit of history by prl
Parent article: Some thoughts on MySQL and Oracle

Something doesn't sound right. There is NO WAY MySQL would be legal to be distributed under a
dual-license if it was a fork of what was originally GPL-Only. Could someone who knows please
clarify. There is definitely something not correct in the parent's history of mSQL vs. MySQL. Was
mSQL originally BSD or somesuch perhaps? Was it originally dual-license with others having equal
copyright ownership and ability to choose their license differently?


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