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MySQL Reverses Decision On Closed Source

Posted by kdawson on from the good-on-them dept.

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."

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  1. ZFS next to be open sourced? by axehind · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This is great to see!
    Hopefully Sun will show even more commitment to Open Source by GPLing ZFS.

  2. Red Hat Global File System. by gnutoo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    GFS looks like it does most of what ZFS is supposed to do. There is no hubris in hoping that the nicer parts of ZFS are not patent encumbered - the hubris is in software patents and people who think they can own ideas. If there are no patents in the way, those better ideas will make their way into free file systems.