MySQL shuns GPL version 3
MySQL?has changed its software licensing terms for MySQL 5.0 and 5.1 to prevent the code being governed by the upcoming General Public Licence version 3 (GPLv3).? Previous licensing terms offered users a choice between the current GPL2 or any later version. The company has decided to opt out of GPL3 for now because it wants to gauge the market response to the licence before its release according to Kaj Arn? community vice president at MySQL.

January 8, 2007 @ 10:02 AM · Filed under Uncategorized
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MySQL shuns GPL version 3 - iT News
MySQL shuns GPL version 3iT News, Australia - 4 hours agoMySQL has changed its software licensing terms for MySQL 5.0 and 5.1 to prevent the code being governed by the upcoming General Public Licence version 3 …

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MySQL Changes License to Avoid GPLv3 (ComputerWire via Yahoo!7 News)
Open source database management systems vendor MySQL AB has changed the license it uses for its core product to avoid being forced to move to the forthcoming GNU General Public License version 3.

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