MySQL focuses software debate
Open source free to be free or not?
Posted: December 7, 2009 at 3:48 a.m.
In many ways, MySQL embodies the ideals of the populist software movement known as open source, in which the creator of a program releases it to the world free of charge, and legions of volunteers contribute improvements that they also freely share.
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Business, Pages 23 on 12/07/2009
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