James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> I only ask because Sun just paid
> a billion dollars for MySQL....
> 
> http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/16/sun-mysql_1.html
> 
> How is it that Open Source is for sale?

What do you mean with that? Sun bought MySQL AB, a company
in Sweden (or that's where they originally were located).
Most of the work in the OS MySQL database is sponsored by
MySQL AB.

> GPL?

A license. What about it?

42 °C.

> Is gentoo next?

No. There's nothing you can buy.

Michael

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