Help Save MySQL!
If you haven’t already heard, Oracle are trying to buy Sun (the company that owns MySQL). If this is allowed to happen then Oracle will own and have control over MySQL which could be a terrible thing if not stopped.
Please support MySQL and help to stop Oracle from being allowed to purchase Sun by either sending a personalised email or one of the emails provided below to the EC (European Commission) at comp-merger-registry@ec.europa.eu
Pre-written Emails:
Please select the email that best demonstrates your view on the situation, if none do then you can simply write your own 
A:
I don’t trust that Oracle will take good care of MySQL and MySQL should be divested to another company or foundation that have everything to gain by developing and promoting MySQL. One should also in the future be able to combine MySQL with closed source application (either by exceptions, a more permissive license or be able to dual license MySQL under favourable terms).
B:
I think that Oracle could be a good steward of MySQL, but I would need EC to have legally binding guarantees from Oracle that:
- All of MySQL will continue to be fully Open Source/free software in the future (no closed source modules).
- Open Source version and dual-licensed version of MySQL should have same source (like today).
- That development will be done in community friendly way.
- The manual should be released under a permissive license (so that one can fork it, the same way one can fork the server)
- That MySQL should be released under a more permissive license to ensure that forks can truly compete with Oracle if Oracle is not a good steward after all.
Alternatively:
- One should be able to always buy low priced commercial licenses for MySQL.
- All of the above should be perpetual and irrevocable.
There should also be mechanism so that if Oracle is not doing what is expected of it, forks should be able to compete with Oracle
C:
I trust Oracle and I suggest that EC will approve the deal unconditionally.
Thank you, please help MySQL remain out of the hands of Oracle!
Link/Source: http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2009/12/help-saving-mysql.html
