The article does not discuss the history of MySQL. MySQL existed for 5 years before it went GPL[1]. Understanding what license was used for the first 5 years of

The article does not discuss the history of MySQL. MySQL existed for 5 years before it went GPL[1]. Understanding what license was used for the first 5 years of the company and whether that impeded success would be useful. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20010601152026/http://mysql.com/news/article-23.html https://web.archive.org/web/20010601152026/http://mysql.com/...