> I think the problem is that he would have to fork from the GPL'd version, which means he can't sell a proprietary fork. That's my understanding too. Maybe he

> I think the problem is that he would have to fork from the GPL'd version, which means he can't sell a proprietary fork. That's my understanding too. Maybe he could fork MySQL, and create some tools roun it that also work for other SQLs (Postgres, SQLite, MS-SQL, etc). He could use the dual-licensing approach for these tools (since they are not tied to MySQL)