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Is MySQL Planning a Change of Tune?

Posted by CowboyNeal on 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."

4 of 403 comments (clear)

  1. Please stop by ylikone · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    developing all your php apps for use with mysql... lets start seeing more postgresql projects.

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    Meh.
  2. Re:Nigger PLEASE!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i hope somebody kills your white-11-years-old ass.

    that's ok, someday, you'll slip up. and your time will quickly come to an end.

  3. Re:Strange really.... by MrRTFM · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Dear Sir,
    please refrain from using my patented word processing format.

    Thank You
    Doogie Howser MD

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    You can't expect to wield supreme executive power, just because some watery tart threw a sword at you
  4. Re:MySQL AB Comments by pebs · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Fuck all this confusion, I'm just going to switch to Firefox errr I mean Firebird.

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    #!/