Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:47:51 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Oracle buys Sun Message-ID: <200904210847.n3L8lpxL082986@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <gsisk9$pqe$1@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>
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Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote: > ovi freebsd <lists@freebsdonline.com> wrote: > > > With Oracle now owning all the rights to what is probably the biggest > > free competitor, I think the open source world shouldn't put much stock > > or investment into MySQL. > > MySQL is open source. GPLed in fact. So what exactly are Oracle > going to do to take it away from you? It should also be noted that Oracle owns Berkeley DB for more than three years already, and it's still open source and under the old "Sleepycat" license (which is similar to and compatible with the GPL). I don't think things will be much different for MySQL. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "Clear perl code is better than unclear awk code; but NOTHING comes close to unclear perl code" (taken from comp.lang.awk FAQ)
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