Re: Sun buys out MySQL

David Segall wrote:
> Roedy Green <see_website@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Sun bought out opensource MySQL on 2008-02-28.
>>
>> http://mysql.com/news-and-events/sun/marten_mickos.html
> Yes, but they don't seem to have changed the license to conform with
> their other open source products. It seems that you can still only
> distribute MySQL with an open source application and you need to buy a
> commercial license to use it with a commercial product. Has anyone
> seen any indication that Sun intends to change this?

SUN are already using the same model as MySQL !

First of all: MySQL is dual licensed GPL with FLOSS exception and
commercial license.

But the name is a slightly misleading - the GPL version can be used
with open source - the commercial version can be used with closed
source - it is all about open versus closed source - it does not
matter whether it is commercial or not.

SUN has released their JVM and Java tool chain under GPL license. But I
believe they still sell it under a different license to companies that
want to use it as a basis for Java on their platform.

Same basic model as far as I can tell.

There is a small but im****tant difference. MySQL changed the license
of the client libraries from LGPL to GPL some years ago. If they follow
SUN's model for Java libraries that should be changed to GPL with
classpath exception.

Which would really make MySQL more attractive for closed source
developers.

Arne