On Sun, 2009-05-17 at 23:26 -0600, Kenneth Burgener wrote: > What I was hoping to hear is there is some sort of "written" agreement > that protects MySQL from being turned proprietary only. Last time I > checked MySQL was under a dual license (one community open source based, > the other commercial), and I am hoping Oracle does not have the power to > turn it commercial only. Or even worse, buy it, kill it, so Oracle > database can stand alone.
The code is GPL. Trademark may require a new name, but the code can be forked if necessary. This topic has also been beaten to death online. Here's one of the more recent commentaries: http://kirkwylie.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-many-times-can-monty-sell-mysql.html -- "XML is like violence: if it doesn't solve your problem, you aren't using enough of it." - Chris Maden /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
