Posted by: Anonymous
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on January 18, 2008 02:21 AM
They would never be able to combine MySQL with their own proprietary products because of the GPL's artificial "freedom restriction field". Hence the purchase: they get the copyrights and can do whatever they want with the goddamn program.
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Re: Sun buys MySQL for $1 billion
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 201.43.173.190] on January 18, 2008 02:21 AM#