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EU clears Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun MicrosystemsEU clears Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun MicrosystemsPosted Jan 21, 2010 16:02 UTC (Thu) by danieldk (guest, #27876)In reply to: EU clears Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems by azrael Parent article: EU clears Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems
While the source code is out there, it takes time to build a vibrant community
around such project. As such I can agree with other commenters, that it is not good to rely on projects that do not really have huge a community outside their owner. I cannot judge whether that applies to MySQL though.
The uncertainty must be unnerving for those relying on proprietary licensing.
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EU clears Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems Posted Jan 22, 2010 3:52 UTC (Fri) by sitaram (subscriber, #5959) [Link]
> it takes time to build a vibrant community
indeed it does. People who force copyright assignment when *they* hold the copyright (and thus dual-licensing rights) would do well to remember that they are not even remotely encouraging the building of a community.
The hypocrisy from Monty&co is in starting to say this *now*, when they are no longer the copyright holders.
EU clears Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems Posted Jan 23, 2010 22:35 UTC (Sat) by renox (subscriber, #23785) [Link]
[[the uncertainty must be unnerving for those relying on proprietary licensing.]]
Uh? Proprietary licensing doesn't exactly ensure that the product you're relying on won't be dropped either..
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