“MySQL AB has made it harder for developers to use the
enterprise edition of its database software for free, sparking a
debate about whether the company has strayed from its obligation to
its open-source community.“Kaj Arnö, MySQL vice president for community, announced in
his blog this week that the company will no longer host the code
for MySQL Enterprise Server in binary form on its public FTP
servers, and will offer that version only to paying
customers…”
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