MySQL Reverses Decision On Closed Source

krow writes "I am very happy to be announcing that MySQL will be forgoing close sourcing portions of the MySQL Server. Kaj has the official statement in his blog. No portion of the server will be closed source including backup, encryption, or any storage engines we ship. To quote Kaj 'The encryption and compression backup features will be open source.' This is a change from what was previously posted here on Slashdot. I've posted some additional thoughts on my own blog concerning how we keep open source from becoming crippleware. Word has it that we will also have a panel at this year's OSCON discussing this topic. Contrary to the previous Slashdot discussion, this shows Sun's continued commitment to Open Source."

Comments

Re:Now change the ZFS license SUN

[E-Lad]

The Linux community CAN'T change to a more permissive license. Welcome to the bed that RMS, via Linus, has made for you. Please - sleep in it.

You're just upset that there's this cool thingy called ZFS and DTrace and you're smarting because your favorite OS cannot have it in part due to a decision made long ago by one Linus Torvalds.

Sour grapes. Linux/GPL zealots need to stop blaming everyone but themselves for things they've barred themselves from accessing. No one in this world is obligated to release code under the GPL, no matter what RMS would have you believe. That is true freedom. I believe that the concept of freedom of choice was a core concept of the Linux/GPL camp before it got too big for its britches.