Is MySQL Planning a Change of Tune?

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Is MySQL Planning a Change of Tune?

Posted by CowboyNeal on Monday August 16, 2004 @12:57PM from the license-switcheroo dept.

Iggy writes "After reading the article on 'The MySQL License Question' by Timothy R. Butler at Open for Business I just have to wonder, is this company's wording on the MySQL site indicating the company is backing away from Free Software, specifically, the GPL? Great reading and certainly thought provoking."

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No, they're just confused by the legalese by Anonymous Coward · 2004-08-16 12:58 · Score: 3, Funny

Like a lot of us are. Their interpretation is a bit off and I'm sure they'll correct it.
Re:First Useful Post by borgdows · 2004-08-16 13:01 · Score: 5, Funny

Consistency in a database is important too, whatever they choose I'll stick with Postgresql.
It's MySQL by Anonymous Coward · 2004-08-16 13:10 · Score: 5, Funny

not YourSQL.
If they wanted you to own it, they would have named it that way.
1. Re:It's MySQL by ejaw5 · 2004-08-16 13:57 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  This SQL is YourSQL
  This SQL is MySQL
  
  MySQL's changin' Licenses
  YourSQL's a G P L
  
  This SQL was made for you and me.
  
  --
  
  $cat /dev/random > Sig
I guess this would make it... by deathcloset · 2004-08-16 13:17 · Score: 5, Funny

TheirSQL

*snicker snicker*
Re:We will just fork it by VirexEye · 2004-08-16 13:18 · Score: 5, Funny

The classic "farewell and fork you!"
Re:Brings to mind a question.... by tomhudson · 2004-08-16 13:44 · Score: 3, Funny

I'll give you my reading, because the other followup didn't catch all your questions:
Thanks, because right now Open for Business' server should be renamed Closed for Business (slashdotted).
Re:Who the hell is we? by mumblestheclown · 2004-08-16 13:57 · Score: 4, Funny

Shhh! You're exposing the real cracks in the OSS model!
Commercial Software
a few guys then
a few products then
early success then
money! then
more guys then
a few more products then
more money!
then more products (some good some bad) then
more money! then
more guys then..

OSS:
a few guys then
a few products then
early success then
fame and glory for a few guys then
more guys then
a few more products then
some fame for more guys then
maybe some people will join here and there then
a few bug fixes and patches then
not really any fame for the new guys then
people just stop caring because..
it suddenly dawns the german dork who spent 3 months in his basement writing a slighly faster screen refresh algorithm for some OSS spreadsheet program that has 1% market and that is pretty much only due to some for-profit entity working to the letter but not the spirit of the GPL that a) deep down, nobody gives a damn about where their spreadsheet screen refresh algoritm comes from and b) that there is an outside, and that even chasing girls unsuccessfully is better than working for redhat/ibm/whatever without getting paid.