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dantheman on Dec 13, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Help save MySQL

It looks like they should have released it with an MIT or BSD license.

I guess they could always take the Billion dollars they received for it, and create a new database company and completely rewrite a new database engine. Or use that money to fund an organization to maintain development.

rbanffy on Dec 13, 2009 [–]

If they had, they would have competition from day one. MySQL enjoyed the monopoly of selling proprietary licenses to their clients.

So much, in fact, Monty still wants it after having sold the company for an obscene amount of money.

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