MySQL, fellow open-source database company Sleepycat and programming component maker Trolltech employ a strategy under which they make their software available both under an open-source license ...

MySQL AB's open-source database license has long confused ISVs and others who want to support MySQL but aren't sure whether they need to purchase a license. To remedy these licensing gray areas ...

Michael Widenius, the creator of the MySQL server, one of the most widely used and popular open software software, is now asking for everyone's help to keep it that way.With the imminent takeover ...

users are cautiously optimistic about life under Oracle, but say Larry Ellison's team needs to offer a more detailed road map for development of the open source database.

The message notes that MySQL license fees haven’t increased in six years, yet another of Sun’s business-culture quirks that hasn’t survived the assimilation. Indeed, Oracle’s move further ...