On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 19:27:42 -0500,
Tom Lane <
tgl@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Monty thinks it's impossible to make money off open source unless he
> can dual-license it. Setting aside various existence proofs to the
> contrary, the fact remains that he already SOLD the rights to
> dual-license MySQL, when he sold MySQL AB to Sun; and he made a pretty
> hefty amount of money doing so. Now he'd like the EU to force Oracle to
> give him back that right for free. This isn't so much about "let's help
> save MySQL" as it is about "let's help Monty get a second bite of the
> apple".
>
> (FWIW, I completely agree with Monty that Oracle is likely to do their
> best to kill MySQL once they have it. But they can't kill the GPL'd
> version as long as people are willing to work on that. Evidently
> Monty isn't.)
I pretty much agree with all of the above. I don't feel sorry for Monty.