Jonathan Schwartz Has the Last Word on MySQL | Linux Today

Jonathan Schwartz Has the Last Word on MySQL

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 29, 2008

“It is perhaps fitting that the last word on the recent MySQL
licensing row should belong to Sun’s CEO, Jonathan Schwartz. In a
twitter Q&A with Web 2.0 Expo attendees, courtesy of Tim
O’Reilly, he states that:

“‘we have no plans whatever of ‘hiding the ball,’ of keeping any
technology from the community. Everything Sun delivers will be
freely available, via a free and open license (either GPL, LGPL or
Mozilla/CDDL), to the community…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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