[Linux-users] In Other News, MySQL Succumbs

[Bill Campbell]

On Thu, Aug 09, 2007, Kurt Wall wrote:
>MySQL, meanwhile, appears to be playing with the spirit of the GPL,
>if not the letter. You can only get the source code for the Enterprise
>version if you buy the binary. The specifics are from one of their
>VP's blogs (see http://www.planetmysql.org/kaj/?p=123). I think what
>goes down sideways about MySQL's move is that they appear to lack
>the courage to announce it on their Web site (/I/ couldn't find it
>mentioned) -- they slipstream the "announcement" in as a blog entry.

I don't find this surprising as I've always though the MySQL licensing to
be a bit strange.  I generally avoid it except when using 3rd party
software that doesn't support postgresql back ends, but does mysql.

Bill
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