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MySQL's Influence On the GPL

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the throwing-your-weight-around dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ex-MySQL'er Brian Aker goes into the history of MySQL and the GPL. His point is that MySQL used the GPL in an over-reaching manner; and now that MySQL is gone as an entity, and the campaigns are over, that the GPL may return to an accurate definition."

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  1. Re:Not the only project to work this way. by jedidiah · · Score: 5, Insightful

    > What IS the problem however, is the fact that the GPL is a complex legal document

    Nonsense. As legal documents go, it's ridiculously simple. The only time the question of it's "complexity" come up is when people want to either bash it or violate it.

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  2. Re:FIFY by hardburn · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Counter-rant: I usually do it the way the GP does, in that SQL keywords are uppercase, while user-created stuff (columns, table names, etc.) are lowercase. The idea is to naturally draw your eye to certain parts of the statement.

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  3. Re:It's Monty again, having his cake and eating it by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's hard to believe that Monty has been for some time presenting documentation of his spreading FUD. Could you please provide a citation?

    That didn't parse. Do you want me to present you with Monty's recent arguments to the EU? They've been pretty widely publicized. Essentially, he protested that the GPL terms were anti-competitive in this case. But of course he was one of the three people who put those terms in place.

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