[AccessD] Clearing the decks for MySQL

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Fri Nov 25 12:20:19 CST 2011


Take a look at http://www.mysql.com/products/community/ and 
http://www.mysql.com/products/

Oracle sell support and add-ons.

Any MariaDB enhancements would have to be incorporated in the core Community Edition, 
not in one of their proprietary add-ons.


-- 
Stuart.

On 25 Nov 2011 at 12:34, Mark Simms wrote:

> Wow, let get this crazy GPL stuff straight:
> 
> Oracle can take the MariaDB enhancements and either incorporate them into
> their version and give them away OR....
> It can even sell them ?
> 
> Again, I guess I really must understand that in the open source software
> business, the money is no longer in the code, but in the SUPPORT and
> MAINTENANCE agreement, correct ?
> 
> 
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