With a good solicitor they could do anything. M$ has proved that. But never the less its reassuring. Allen
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe Where do you get this crazy information? MySQL was never "in the public domain". It had a dual GPL/commercial license that was somewhat confusing, but completely open. Sun announced plans to make a proprietary *new* product they were going to add to MySQL, but later changed and announced that it, too, would be open. Once something is released as open source, no one can buy the company and un-release it. Even the authors cannot go back and say that you can no longer use it the way you previously had. The Microsoft model of buying a company and burying it simply does not apply. -- Ed Leafe _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
