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jdbeast00 on July 17, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Future of MySQL

i guess this is why i don't get the whole ruckus surrounding the oracle purchase of sun. Can't some other entity just takeover the responsibilities (under different branding) if oracle decides to let mysql flounder?

spudlyo on July 17, 2009 [–]

Yes. Although there would be some setbacks, the MySQL documentation for example is not under an open source license.

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