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NEWSFACTOR: DEVELOPER'S DILEMMA: CHOOSING AN OPEN-SOURCE LICENSE
"The GPL is not perfect, but it is the preferred option, says Marten Mickos, CEO of MySQL AB. 'GPL is like democracy--not perhaps an ideal system, but most definitely the best one available. We have no regrets as to choosing GPL.'
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The message you forwarded unfortunately doesn't mention to "GNU". It also doesn't mention "free software".
I am glad that they are glad they chose the GPL, but if people remember the GPL alone and not the GNU system and the ideas of freedom, that isn't enough to give us a strong future.
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Richard Stallman