>> pretty much just wants to strip the GPL from MySQL so that he and others can develop completely closed-source databases based on it. > So what's the problem

>> pretty much just wants to strip the GPL from MySQL so that he and others can develop completely closed-source databases based on it. > So what's the problem with that? Nothing. It's just that he sold the right to do that to Sun for a billion dollars, and now wants the EU to give it back to him for free. If he wanted to build a closed source DB off of MySQL code, he should have done so when he owned the source.