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It had been MySQL's standard MO for a while. Their point of view was you either had to completely open source your product, or you had to pay them lots of money
by Sanddancer 14y ago
It had been MySQL's standard MO for a while. Their point of view was you either had to completely open source your product, or you had to pay them lots of money. Using it in an in-house webapp, or as you mentioned, reverse engineering the API, would get them knocking on your door threatening to sue you.