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Sun May Begin Close Sourcing MySQL Features

Posted by samzenpus on from the closing-up dept.

An anonymous reader writes "From the MySQL User's Conference, Sun has announced, and former CEO Marten Mickos has confirmed, that Sun will be close sourcing sections of the MySQL code base. Sun will begin with close sourcing the backup solutions to MySQL, and will continue with more advanced features. With Oracle owning Innodb, and it being GPL, does this mean that MySQL will be removing it to introduce these features? Sun has had a very poor history of actually open sourcing anything."

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  1. Not that I begrudge them a right to make a buck... by Chas · · Score: 0, Redundant

    But this is going to seriously piss off those who've been relying on these features.

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  2. Close sourcing? by RedWizzard · · Score: 1, Redundant

    WTF is "close sourcing"?