Josh Berkus wrote:
> Hmmm ....
>
> > True, but that doesn't take away from Joshua's point at all. He is
> > accurate that MySQL is GPL, and it would live on. Their interested
> > install base is large enough to establish a new developer community if
> > the MySQL company went belly up too.
>
> SO it would be more relevant to say that "it's a single-company project, which
> can and has introduced feature and licensing changes without consideration
> for the greater community." ?
Yes, they do dual-licensing, and can license future versions however
they want, including totally non-GPL. They just changed the client
license from LGPL to GPL.
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