Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 17th Jun 2008 09:08 UTC, submitted by Edisamy
IBM is positive about the possibility of bringing out its DB2 under an open source license. While the computing giant has no immediate plans to open source DB2, market conditions may make it unavoidable, according to Chris Livesey, IBM's UK director of information management software. "We have a light version of the product offered for free, which is a step towards exposing our core (DB2) technology," said Livesey. "Looking at IBM's heritage in contributing to the open source market, we've been particularly keen to lead that market. Open source is an interesting space, as a whole. As the future unfolds, and the economics become clearer, there's going to be more commitment to open source by everybody. We've made good steps towards that."
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I agree that IBM auto-proclaiming itself as the undisputed leader is ridiculous, but I certainly agree that IBM is a leader in terms of contributions. Now the discussion is about which is the biggest contributors is not really important as long as YOU know the truth.
IBM can brag as much as they want about their contributions... At least they do contribute contrary to many smaller corporation who consume open-source software (BSD-License and/or Apache License and/or LGPL) without contributing a single line of code.