From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo on the Sales block?
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:49:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200801170949.43214.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20080116T234441-823@post.gmane.org>
On Thursday 17 January 2008, James wrote:
> I only ask because Sun just paid
> a billion dollars for MySQL....
>
> http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/16/sun-mysql_1.html
>
> How is it that Open Source is for sale?
It's not. MySQL (the company) is for sale and Sun buys the customer
base.
> GPL?
Yeah, what does this mean? MySQL's software is distributed under the
terms of the GPL as an open source product. They have a more
restrictive license for their super-duper products that isn't GPL.
Doesn't affect ownership of the business in any way.
> Is gentoo next?
>
>
> James
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-01-16 23:47 [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo on the Sales block? James
2008-01-16 23:53 ` kashani
2008-01-16 23:59 ` felix
2008-01-17 0:01 ` Brian Marshall
2008-01-17 5:08 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2008-01-17 10:18 ` Peter Humphrey
2008-01-17 7:05 ` Michael Schmarck
2008-01-17 7:49 ` Alan McKinnon [this message]
2008-01-17 9:52 ` [gentoo-user] " Neil Bothwick
2008-01-18 2:54 ` Kristian Poul Herkild
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