From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 21 08:48:17 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5555E1065675 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:48:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCD548FC21 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:48:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n3L8lp3x082987; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:48:14 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n3L8lpxL082986; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:47:51 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:47:51 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200904210847.n3L8lpxL082986@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-chat User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:48:14 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: Oracle buys Sun X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:48:17 -0000 Christian Weisgerber wrote: > ovi freebsd 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)