MySQL Ends Distribution of Enterprise Source Tarballs

"MySQL quietly let slip that it would no longer be distributing the MySQL Enterprise Server source as a tarball, not quite a year after the company announced a split between its paid and free versions. While the Enterprise Server code is still under the GNU General Public License (GPL), MySQL is making it harder for non-customers to access the source code.

"Kaj Arnö, the company's vice president of community relations, wrote that the Enterprise tarballs 'will be removed from ftp.mysql.com. These will move to enterprise.mysql.com, and will be available for our paying subscribers only.' Customers will also be able to get the source out of the MySQL BitKeeper repository, but it will no longer be available as a source tarball..."

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Kaj Arnö's Blog: Communication Challenges for the MySQL Community Team

"With my blog entry yesterday on Refining MySQL Community Server, did anything really change? If so, was it for the better or for worse for the community?

"My answer is 'not much,' and 'for the better,' but feel free to disagree.

"Judging from some reactions in the community, a lot changed, and for the worse..."

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