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MySQL Man Pages Silently Relicensed Away From GPL
An anonymous reader writes "The MariaDB blog is reporting a small change to the license covering the man pages to MySQL. Until recently, the governing license was GPLv2. Now the license reads, 'This software and related documentation are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are protected by intellectual property laws. Except as expressly permitted in your license agreement or allowed by law, you may not use, copy, reproduce, translate, broadcast, modify, license, transmit, distribute, exhibit, perform, publish, or display any part, in any form, or by any means. Reverse engineering, disassembly, or decompilation of this software, unless required by law for interoperability, is prohibited.'"
Dontcha mean FirstPostgre?
Table-ized A.I.
It's a tried and true practice of Commercial software to charge extra for documentation. I'm willing to bet this is completely intentional.
I generally assume incompetence over malice, except when I'm dealing with Oracle.
With Oracle, you can often safely assume both!
With Oracle you know.
Guess the worst, expect 10 times as worse, get 100 times as bad.
FTFY
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On a related note, why does Giorgio Tsoukalos have such wild and crazy hair?!
Exactly, every time I'm talking to a VP at Oracle support (Every level 2 support tech is a VP at oracle) all I can picture in my head is them looking like Cobra Commander.