New Apache License?

[Bevan C. Bennett]

Richard Welty wrote:

> the MySQL license change is odious because it puts businesses between
> a rock and a hard place -- they get four choices. one, don't upgrade MySQL.
> two, pay for a commercial license. three, place their code under the GPL.
> four, switch to another database.
> 
> and of course, if they don't notice the license change until too late, they
> have a bit of a problem.

Doesn't this only apply to businesses that are trying to sell or 
distribute a bundled product that includes both MySQL and their own 
proprietary code? Are there many such companies in existance? Is it 
really a bad thing for SQL to want to get something back from these 
company's profiting either in cash or in further GPL sharing?

It's my understanding that a company can still use their own code with 
MySQL internally in whatever way they want, since the license issues 
only kick in if you want to redistribute.