The open-source community's double standard on MySQL
Deja vu. Remember 2002? That's when Red Hat decided to split its code into Red Hat Advanced Server (now Red Hat Enterprise Linux) and Fedora. Howls of protest and endless hand-wringing ensued: How dare Red Hat not give everything away to freeriders everywhere?
Enter 2007. MySQL decides to comply with the GNU General Public License and only give its tested, certified Enterprise code to those who pay for the service underlying that code (gasp!). Immediately cries of protest are raised, "How dare MySQL not give everything away to freeriders everywhere?
Ironically, in this same year of 2007, SugarCRM received universal plaudits (from me, as well) for opening up part of its code base under GPLv3. Groklaw crowed, "SugarCRM Goes GPLv3!" People everywhere flooded the streets to wax fecund and celebrate by multiplying and replenishing the earth.
And yet customers continued to pay for the proprietary rights to SugarCRM's Professional and Enterprise code. Linus Torvalds gets this. He understands the importance of making a living.
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