Re: Zoli Erdos: "Internal Email on Why a Software Company Migrates Away from MySQL"

[Florian Weimer]

* Hyman Rosen:

> Gee, another moocher whining about how he can't use other
> people's stuff for free while trying to keep anyone from
> using his stuff for free. Shocking. The GPL has served its
> purpose admirably here, because keeping leeches out of the
> environment is a social good.

I think it's not so much the GPL, but the fact that there's no libre
documentation for MySQL, and that there's never been a vibrant
community of contributors.