[Bulk]From another group: Help save MySQL

[Stephen]

I signed the petition.

Can someone explain how Oracle can threaten an Open Source database?

Can someone, like me, not just grab all the source code and use it as I 
please, subject to the GPL?

I did read mention of patents. Is this the issue?

How can patents come out of an open source project?

Thanks for replies.

Stephen
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