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MySQL AB is a Swedish company, the owner and producer of MySQL, probably the most famous open source database. Recently it concluded an agrement with SAP and now are also developing and distibuting MaxDB.
MySQL AB are often cited, together with the JBoss Group, as the "champions" of the second generation of open source projects. These projects are open source but are directed by for-profit companies. The revenues of these corporations derive from selling consulting services for their otherwise free products.
In fact MySQL AB has another source of revenue. It gives away its products under a double licence: it is possible to buy the rights to include MySQL code in other products without complying with the GNU GPL.
''See also: List of Swedish companies
