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Hi,Size of company: 15
How many MySQL installations: 6 (ATM)
Total data stored in MySQL (megabyte): Over 2GB
For what type of applications is MySQL used: Online Monitoring, Company sites
I think that Oracle could be a good steward of MySQL, but I would need EC to have legally binding guarantees from Oracle that:
- All of MySQL will continue to be fully Open Source/free software in the future (no closed source modules).
- Open Source version and dual-licensed version of MySQL should have same source (like today).
- That development will be done in community friendly way.
- The manual should be released under a permissive license (so that one can fork it, the same way one can fork the server)
- That MySQL should be released under a more permissive license to ensure that forks can truly compete with Oracle if Oracle is not a good steward after all.
Alternatively:
- One should be able to always buy low priced commercial licenses for MySQL. (Nope, not under Oracle).
- All of the above should be perpetual and irrevocable.There should also be mechanism so that if Oracle is not doing what is expected of it, forks should be able to compete with Oracle.
Arif
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December 17th, 2009 5:09 PM
In my opinion, when Oracle finally bought Sun I was worrying more about Java than MySQL. …but I can say now that Java is in safe, it provides a platform for those Oracle bases, it powers hardware and softwares to – so Oracle can benefit from it, but the case with MySQL is totally different… it makes loss to Oracle because it’s the only database what can compete with it – and because it’s free the consumers will chose that instead of Oracle – or at last that was the situation so far.
From side of Oracle the most simpler idea would be closing MySQL’s source. It would definitely slow down the development, bugfixes etc… So they won’t kill it just let it die.
If they want to keep consumers and MySQL “alive”, then they need to come up with a really good idea.
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