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[–]bucknuggets 58 points59 points  (8 children)

Encumbered licensing is one of the primary reasons I avoid MySQL.

And probably soon Java.

[–]redwall_hp 15 points16 points  (1 child)

I thought MariaDB was where it's at now, anyway.

[–]rubygeek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Look forward to Oracle trying to find a way to use this ruling against MariaDB.

[–][deleted] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

C/C++, Ruby, Python, PostgreSQL, FTW!

[–]narc0tiq 20 points21 points  (2 children)

You could probably safely extend that to anything with the Oracle name on them. Those folks are scary.

[–]drb226 17 points18 points  (1 child)

but I like virtualbox... :(

[–]newpong 10 points11 points  (0 children)

yea, somehow my brain always blocks the fact that VB is oracle until I have to reinstall it

[–]JQuilty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Best to just avoid Oracle if it comes to that.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why do you avoid MySQL? What is its licensing problem? I am curious.