MySQL Man Pages Silently Relicensed Away From GPL 243
An anonymous reader writes "The MariaDB blog is reporting a small change to the license covering the man pages to MySQL. Until recently, the governing license was GPLv2. Now the license reads, 'This software and related documentation are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are protected by intellectual property laws. Except as expressly permitted in your license agreement or allowed by law, you may not use, copy, reproduce, translate, broadcast, modify, license, transmit, distribute, exhibit, perform, publish, or display any part, in any form, or by any means. Reverse engineering, disassembly, or decompilation of this software, unless required by law for interoperability, is prohibited.'"
Re:Frist post (Score:4, Funny)
Dontcha mean FirstPostgre?
Re:Sounds like a mistake. (Score:5, Funny)
It's a tried and true practice of Commercial software to charge extra for documentation. I'm willing to bet this is completely intentional.
Re:Sounds like a mistake. (Score:5, Funny)
I generally assume incompetence over malice, except when I'm dealing with Oracle.
Re:Sounds like a mistake. (Score:5, Funny)
With Oracle, you can often safely assume both!
Re:Sounds like a mistake. (Score:4, Funny)
Guess the worst, expect 10 times as worse, get 100 times as bad.
FTFY
Re:User trust WHOOSH (Score:4, Funny)
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/|\ <- You
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Whoosh!
On a related note, why does Giorgio Tsoukalos have such wild and crazy hair?!
Re:Sounds like a mistake. (Score:5, Funny)
Exactly, every time I'm talking to a VP at Oracle support (Every level 2 support tech is a VP at oracle) all I can picture in my head is them looking like Cobra Commander.