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Some thoughts on MySQL and OracleSome thoughts on MySQL and OraclePosted Dec 15, 2009 19:52 UTC (Tue) by bangert (subscriber, #28342)In reply to: Some thoughts on MySQL and Oracle by rahvin Parent article: Some thoughts on MySQL and Oracle
That doesnt make any sense. If MySQL were to be relicensed as Apache or BSD that would be
even better for FLOSS and anybody would be able to issue proprietary licenses...
I fail to see, how you that can be a bad thing for FLOSS.
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Some thoughts on MySQL and Oracle Posted Dec 22, 2009 2:55 UTC (Tue) by foom (subscriber, #14868) [Link]
The scenario envisioned is that Monty Program AB wants MySQL force-relicensed under the BSD
license, so that they can take that code, add their own changes (MariaDB), and release that combination under a proprietary or proprietary/GPL license (like MySQL was before).
If that's what they want, Monty has essentially stolen $13Million from Sun/Oracle, as he sold them
It's not bad for FLOSS, but it's not particularly good either.
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