There are some precedents - the acquisition of SleepyCat (berkeley db, et al) - still readily available under GPL compatible licenses.
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 7:47 AM, AlamedaMike <limejui...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >>> I can see a lot of technologies that drive the open source world, and this >>> group, being compromised > > Nothing's going to happen, for the simple reason that the cost to > Oracle's reputation would far outweigh anything they might gain from > charging for open-source products. The ultimate effect would be to > simply route around any attempt to close the sources or to restrict > changes. > > Oracle didn't become the world's third largest software company by > being stupid. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---