Some thoughts on MySQL and Oracle
Some thoughts on MySQL and Oracle
Posted Dec 22, 2009 2:55 UTC (Tue) by foom (subscriber, #14868)In reply to: Some thoughts on MySQL and Oracle by bangert
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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).
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
his company, including the copyright to MySQL, and this move would basically be giving it back to
him, for free.
It's not bad for FLOSS, but it's not particularly good either.